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Elihu Recalls God’s Justice

Job 35:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
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.
WEB
“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
ASV
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
LSV
Because of the multitude of oppressions || They cause to cry out, || They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
YLT
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
DBY
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
DRC
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
GNV
They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.
JPS
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
LXXE
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται, βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  • Job 34:28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
  • Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
  • Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
  • Psalms 56:1–2Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack. My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
  • Job 12:19He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
  • Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  • Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
  • Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
  • Luke 18:3–7And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men, yet because this…
  • Nehemiah 5:1–5About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”…
  • Psalms 55:2–3Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
  • Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  • Job 24:12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

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