Job 35:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.”
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“Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.”
King James Version · Public Domain“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 35:9 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
- Nehemiah 5:1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
- Job 12:19He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
- Job 24:12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
- Job 34:28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- 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.”
- 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 55:2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
- Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
- Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
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