Job 35:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

Transliteration

mē-rōḇ ʿăšûqîm yazʿîqû yəšawwəʿû miz-zərôaʿ rabbîm

Grammar Details

*mē-rōḇ*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from abundance/multitude
*ʿăšûqîm*: passive participle, masculine plural - oppressed ones
*yazʿîqû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they cry out
*yəšawwəʿû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they cry for help
*miz-zərôaʿ*: preposition + feminine singular noun - from the arm/power
*rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many/great ones

Word Meanings

*rōḇ*: abundance/multitude/greatness
*ʿăšûqîm*: oppressed/exploited/mistreated ones
*yazʿîqû*: to cry out/call for help/scream
*yəšawwəʿû*: to cry for help/plead/implore
*zərôaʿ*: arm/strength/power
*rabbîm*: many/great/mighty ones

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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? or 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; {H4791} 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, {G2532} Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 yet because this widow {G3930} 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.

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