Job 35:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 35

⁹By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Job 35:9 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Job 35:8 Job 35:10 →

Original word meaning

— of 6

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 2:23
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Job 12:19
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Topics

Citizens King Magistrate Nation Reverence Rulers Statecraft Subjects

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-13)

Elihu here returns an answer to another word that Job had said, which, he thought, reflected much upon the justice and goodness of God, and therefore ought not to pass without a remark. Observe, I. What it was that Job complained of; it was this, That God did not regard the cries of the oppressed against their oppressors (Job 35:9): “ By reason of the multitude of oppressions, the many hardships w…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. (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.