New King James Version
Job 35:9
9“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
Job 35:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- New International Version (NIV)“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
Context of Job 35:9
7If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? 8Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man. “Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty. 10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, 11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’
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מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 35:9
- Job 24:12The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
- Job 34:28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.
- Exodus 2:23Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
- Exodus 3:7And the Lord said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.
- Psalms 12:5“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
- Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 55:2Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,
- Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me.
- Luke 18:3Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’
- Job 40:9Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
Commentaries on Job 35:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9By reason of the multitude - Or rather, "From among the multitude" the oppressed clamor, יזעיקו yaziku : they shout, ישועו yeshavveu, because of the mighty. The wicked rich oppress the wicked poor; these cry aloud because of their oppressors; but they have no relief, because they call not upon God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry - It is not quite easy to see the connection which this verse has with what goes before, or its bearing on the argument of Elihu. It seems however, to refer to the “oppressed in general,” and to the fact, to which Job had himself adverted Job 24:12, that people are borne down by oppression and that God does not interpose to save them. They are suffered to remain in that state of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Job complained that God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors. This he knew not how to reconcile the justice of God and his government. Elihu solves the difficulty. Men do not notice the mercies they enjoy in and under their afflictions, nor are thankful for them, therefore they cannot expect that God should deliver them out of affliction. He gives songs in the night; when our condition is dark and melancholy…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Ec 4:1.) Elihu states in Job's words (Job 24. 12; 30. 20) the difficulty; the "cries" of "the oppressed" not being heard might lead man to think that wrongs are not punished by Him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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