the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
King James Version
Job 35:9
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- HolmanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
"People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
"People cry out when they are in trouble; they beg for relief from powerful people.
"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
"By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
"Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out; They cry for help because of the [violent] arm of the mighty.
"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
In times of trouble, everyone begs the mighty God to have mercy.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
People cry out from under many oppressions; they cry for help from under the fist of the mighty.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
"If people are being hurt, they cry out and beg for protection from those who hurt them.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to crie: they crie out by reason of the arme of the mightie.
"People cry out because of their many hard times. They cry for help because of the arm of the powerful.
"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.
Because of the multitude of oppressions men howl; and many cry out because of iniquity.
When people are oppressed, they groan; they cry for someone to save them.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions, men make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;
By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
They which are oppressed crye out vpon the multitude, yea they crye out for the power of the mightie:
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
People cry out because of severe oppression;they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.
"By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
"Because of the multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
From the host of oppressions, they cry out; they cry because of the arm of the multitude.
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
there is a greate crie & coplaynte made by the that are oppressed with violence, yee eueryman complayneth vpon the cruell arme of tyrauntes.
"When times get bad, people cry out for help. They cry for relief from being kicked around, But never give God a thought when things go well, when God puts spontaneous songs in their hearts, When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom, using birds and beasts to teach wisdom. People are arrogantly indifferent to God— until, of course, they're in trouble, and then God is indifferent to them. There's nothing behind such prayers except panic; the Almighty pays them no mind. So why would he notice you just because you say you're tired of waiting to be heard, Or waiting for him to get good and angry and do something about the world's problems?
"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
"Because of many oppressions they cry out;They cry for help because of the arm of many oppressors.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they make: Job 24:12, Job 34:28, Exodus 2:23, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:9, Nehemiah 5:1-5, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 55:2, Psalms 55:3, Psalms 56:1, Psalms 56:2, Luke 18:3-7
the arm: Job 40:9, Psalms 10:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:23 - they cry at all Deuteronomy 24:15 - lest he Job 20:19 - Because Job 36:13 - they Psalms 119:55 - night Isaiah 24:15 - glorify Hosea 7:14 - they have not
Cross-References
And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him.
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
By reason of the multitude of oppressions, they make [the oppressed] to cry,.... Which is either an illustration by an instance of what is before said, that wickedness hurts men, as particularly oppression does, which makes then cry; or this refers to something new, to another complaint of Job, or an undue expression of his. Elihu undertakes to answer; that men cry unto God, as he himself had, but are not heard and answered; the place or places referred to may be
Job 24:12. To which Elihu replies, by granting that men oppressed cry because of their oppression, and are not heard; for which reasons may be given, as in the following verses. The poor are often oppressed by the rich, whose wealth gives them power, and that they abuse; and the weak and feeble by the mighty; and their oppressions are many, there is a multitude of them: men in power and authority have various ways of oppressing others, who like the Israelites cry by reason of them, and are made to cry by their oppressors;
they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty; which falls with weight, and lies heavy upon them, and crushes them; meaning the power they have, and which they abuse to the injury of them; nor are they able to help themselves or deliver themselves out of their hands, they being mighty, if not in body, yet through wealth; and by means of that authority over them which gives it them: now on account of the pressure upon them, they cry, not to God, but to men: and if they cry to God, it is in a murmuring and complaining way, through impatience under their burden, through envy at the riches and power of others, in a passionate manner, in a revengeful spirit, calling and seeking for vengeance on their oppressors; not in an humble penitent manner, acknowledging their sins, and owning their unworthiness to be heard and regarded, and submitting all to the will of God: for which reasons they are not heard, their cries and, prayers being reckoned no other than howlings, Hosea 7:14.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
By 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 oppression - trodden down by people, crushed by the armor of a despot, and overwhelmed with poverty, sorrow, and want, and God does not interpose to rescue them. He looks on and sees all this evil, and does not come forth to deliver those who thus suffer. This is a common case, according to the view of Job; this was his own case, and he could not explain it, and in view of it he had indulged in language which Elihu regarded as a severe reflection on the government of the Almighty. He undertakes, therefore, to “explain the reason” why people are permitted thus to suffer, and why they are not relieved.
In the verse before us, he states “the fact,” that multitudes “do” thus suffer under the arm of oppression - for that fact could not be denied; in the following verses, he states “the reason” why it is so, and that reason is, that they do not apply in any proper manner to God, who could “give songs in the night,” or joy in the midst of calamities, and who could make them acquainted with the nature of his government as intelligent beings, so that they would be able to understand it and acquiesce in it. The phrase “the multitude of oppressions” refers to the numerous and repeated calamities which tyrants bring upon the poor, the down-trodden, and the slave. The phrases “to cry” and “they cry out,” refer to the lamentations and sighs of those under the arm of the oppressor. Elihu did not dispute the truth of “the fact” as it was alleged by Job. That fact could not then be doubted any more than it can now, that there were many who were bowed down under burdens imposed by hard-hearted masters, and groaning under the government of tyrants, and that all this was seen and permitted by a holy God. This fact troubled Job - for he was one of this general class of sufferers; and this fact Elihu proposes to account for. Whether his solution is satisfactory, however, may still admit of a doubt.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 35:9. By reason of the multitude — Or rather, "From among the multitude" the oppressed clamour, 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.
