Job 35:9
7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
- BLB
- From the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help from the arm of the mighty.
- ÅB
- Over de mange undertrykkelser klager de; de skriker om hjelp mot de mektiges arm.
- OTB
- “Folk roper under vekten av undertrykkelse;
de søker lindring fra de mektiges makt. - B1930
- Over de mange undertrykkelser klager de; de skriker om hjelp mot de mektiges arm.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 2:23
After 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.
Read in contextJob 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
Read in contextExodus 3:9
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Read in contextPsalms 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.”
Read in contextNehemiah 5:1–5
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
Read in contextPsalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
Read in contextPsalms 43:2
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
Read in contextJob 24:12
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
Read in context