Job 35:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 2:23 : 23 The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
  • Job 34:28 : 28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
  • Ps 10:15 : 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
  • Ps 43:2 : 2 For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
  • Ps 55:2-3 : 2 Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself, 3 because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me. 2 Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.
  • Luke 18:3-7 : 3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’” 6 And the Lord said,“Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
  • Exod 3:9 : 9 And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 Nehemiah Intervenes on behalf of the Oppressed Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 There were those who said,“With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.” 3 There were others who said,“We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.” 4 Then there were those who said,“We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards. 5 And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.”
  • Job 12:19 : 19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
  • Job 24:12 : 12 From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 35:12
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    12Then they cry out– but he does not answer– because of the arrogance of the wicked.

  • Job 34:28
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    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Ps 55:2-3
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    2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Job 19:7
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    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Job 35:10
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    10But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,

  • Ps 12:5
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    5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

  • Ps 73:8
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    8They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

  • Ezek 22:29
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    29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.

  • Ps 9:12
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    12For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

  • Ps 34:17
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    17The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

  • Job 27:9
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    9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Ps 10:18
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    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

  • Ps 9:9
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    9Consequently the LORD provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Amos 5:12
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    12Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

  • Eccl 4:1
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    1Evil Oppression on Earth So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

  • Ps 44:24
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    24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

  • Job 30:12
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    12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

  • Ps 18:41
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    41They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

  • Job 22:9
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    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

  • Jer 5:28
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    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

  • Job 24:12
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    12From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

  • Job 35:8
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    8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

  • Job 38:15
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    15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

  • Exod 22:23
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    23If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,

  • Job 30:21
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    21You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.

  • Lam 1:21-22
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    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • Ps 35:24
    71%

    24Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me!

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

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    18There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

  • Job 30:25
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    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Isa 5:30
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    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Isa 3:5
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    5The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

  • Hab 1:2-3
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    2How long, LORD, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you,“Violence!” But you do not deliver!

    3Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

  • Job 36:8
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    8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,

  • Ps 35:10
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    10With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

  • Ps 142:6
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    6Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

  • Ps 82:4
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    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Ps 43:2
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    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?