Job 34:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְהָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָיו צַֽעֲקַת־דָּ֑ל וְצַעֲקַ֖ת עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

ləhābîʾ ʿālāyw ṣaʿăqat-dāl wə-ṣaʿăqat ʿăniyyîm yišmāʿ

Grammar Details

• *ləhābîʾ*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to bring
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him
• *ṣaʿăqat*: feminine singular construct noun - cry of
• *dāl*: adjective, masculine singular - poor
• *wə-ṣaʿăqat*: waw conjunction + feminine singular construct noun - and cry of
• *ʿăniyyîm*: adjective, masculine plural - afflicted
• *yišmāʿ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hears

Word Meanings

• *ləhābîʾ*: to bring/to cause to come/to bring about
• *ṣaʿăqat*: cry/outcry/call for help
• *dāl*: poor/weak/needy
• *ʿăniyyîm*: afflicted/oppressed/poor
• *yišmāʿ*: he hears/he listens to/he heeds

Referenced Verses

• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
• Job 35:9 : 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
• 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.
• Exod 22:23-27 : 23 If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25 If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down: 27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
• 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.
• Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
• Exod 2:23-24 : 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. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
• Job 22:9-9 : 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
• 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.
• Job 29:12-13 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
• Job 31:19-20 : 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;