Job 35:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 2:23 : 23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
  • Job 34:28 : 28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • Ps 10:15 : 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
  • Ps 43:2 : 2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
  • Ps 55:2-3 : 2 Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan, 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath]. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.
  • Luke 18:3-7 : 3 and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
  • Exod 3:9 : 9 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already] : neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
  • Job 12:19 : 19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
  • Job 24:12 : 12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 12There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

  • 28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

  • Ps 55:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

  • 7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • 39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

  • 15He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.

  • 10But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

  • 5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

  • 8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

  • 29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

  • 12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

  • 17[ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.

  • 9Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

  • 15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • 18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

  • 72%

    9Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

  • 2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • 12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right] .

  • 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • 12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

  • 41They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

  • 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • 3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • 28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • 12From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

  • 8Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.

  • 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

  • 23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • 21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • 24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

  • 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

  • 18There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

  • 4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • 4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

  • 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

  • 9that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

  • 25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

  • 30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

  • 5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

  • Hab 1:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

    3Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

  • 8And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;

  • 10All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?

  • 6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

  • 4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • 2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?