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Job 35:9 KJV
Job · chapter 35 · verse 9
By 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 · King James Version
Job 35:9 in context
7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy 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 saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- oppressionsʻâshûwqused in plural masculine as abstractly, tyrannyH6217 →
- multituderôbabundanceH7230 →
- cryzâʻaqto shriekH2199 →
- armzᵉrôwaʻthe arm , or the forelegH2220 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13