Job 35:9
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New International Version (©2011)
"People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them.

NET Bible (©2006)
"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The weight of oppression makes them cry out. The power of mighty people makes them call for help.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Because of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out because of the arm of the mighty.

American King James Version
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

American Standard Version
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

Darby Bible Translation
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:

English Revised Version
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Webster's Bible Translation
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

World English Bible
"By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Young's Literal Translation
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

35:9-13 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, there is that in God's providence and promise, which is sufficient to support us, and to enable us even to rejoice in tribulation. When we only pore upon our afflictions, and neglect the consolations of God which are treasured up for us, it is just in God to reject our prayers. Even the things that will kill the body, cannot hurt the soul. If we cry to God for the removal of an affliction, and it is not removed, the reason is, not because the Lord's hand is shortened, or his ear heavy; but because we are not sufficiently humbled.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 9-14. - Job had made it a frequent subject of complaint that God did not hear, or at any rate did not answer, his prayers and cries for relief. Elihu answers that Job's case is not exceptional. Those who cry out against oppression and suffering frequently receive no answer, but it is because they "ask amiss." Job should have patience and trust. Verse 9. - By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry; rather, by reason of the multitude of oppressions, men cry out. It is not Job only who cries to God. Oppressors are numerous; the oppressed are numerous; everywhere there are complaints and outcries. They cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. The oppressors are, for the most part, the mighty of the earth - kings, princes, nobles (see Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 3:14, 15; Hosea 5:10; Amos 4:1, etc.).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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.

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Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
…8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man. 9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10But none said, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night; …

Exodus 2:23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.
Exodus 22:23 If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.
Deuteronomy 24:15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Job 12:19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
Job 20:19 For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
Job 34:28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy.
Job 35:8 Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
Ecclesiastes 4:1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed-- and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors-- and they have no comforter.
Hosea 7:14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.