Job 35:9 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 35:9-10

Job 35:9-10. By reason of the multitude of oppressions This verse has been supposed by many to contain an argument to prove what he had said Job 35:8, that the wickedness of one man may hurt another: but Elihu rather seems to be here beginning a new subject, and, having answered one of Job’s objections, to proceed to another. Job had often complained that he cried to God, and God did not hear his cry. This Elihu may here be considered as answering by a parallel case of men crying out for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 35:1-16

The justice of God (34:1-35:16)When Job does not reply to Elihu’s challenge, Elihu turns to the onlookers and repeats some of Job’s rash statements about the injustice of God (34:1-6). Let them judge for themselves. Surely such words prove Job’s wickedness (7-9).God is not unjust, says Elihu, and no one can tell him what to do. He is the governor of the universe (10-13). He is the source of all life and, if he wished, he could bring all life to an end (14-15). God governs perfectly and shows no... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 35:9

MORE OF ELIHU'S VAIN REASONING"By reason of a multitude of oppressions they cry out;They cry for help by reason of the arm of the Almighty.But none saith, Where is God my Maker?Who giveth songs in the night,Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth,And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?There they cry, but none giveth answer,Because of the pride of evil men.Surely God will not hear an empty cry,Neither will the Almighty regard it.How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 35:9

Job 35:9. By reason of the multitude of oppressions— See chap. Job 19:7. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 35:9

9. ( :-.) Elihu states in Job's words (Job 24:12; Job 30:20) the difficulty; the "cries" of "the oppressed" not being heard might lead man to think that wrongs are not punished by Him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 35:1-16

4. Elihu’s third speech ch. 35We could chart the differences in Elihu’s first three speeches this way.Elihu’s SpeechJob’s question that Elihu answeredJob’s charge that Elihu refutedFirstWhy doesn’t God respond to me?God is insensitive (ch. 33).SecondWhy doesn’t God relieve me?God is unjust (ch. 34).ThirdWhy doesn’t God reward me?Holiness is unprofitable (ch. 35).Job felt that God should have rewarded him for his innocence, rather than subjecting him to suffering. Elihu replied that man’s sin or... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 35:4-16

Elihu’s defense of God’s freedom 35:4-16Elihu made two responses to what he inferred was Job’s attitude. First, he claimed that God is under no obligation to react to people’s actions be they good or bad. He is free to respond or not respond as He chooses. God is above the human sphere of life and only reacts to people when He chooses to do so. This is a thought Eliphaz had expressed earlier (Job 22:2-3; Job 22:12). However, Elihu went further by pointing out that people’s actions do affect... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 35:1-16

The Speeches of Elihu (continued)1-8. Elihu (Job 34:9) had charged Job with saying that there was no advantage in being righteous. He now deals with this assertion.2. Right] RV ’thy right,’ thy just cause.3. If I he cleansed from my sin] RV ’more than if I had sinned.’4. Thy companions] those who held the same views.5-8. Elihu points to the infinite distance between God and man, and shows that He cannot be injured by the evil or benefited by the good which we do. But a man’s conduct is most... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 35:9

(9) By reason of the multitude of oppressions.—The argument seems to be that among men there may be oppression, but not with an almighty and just Judge. The right course, therefore, is to wait. “Men may, indeed, complain because of the oppression of an earthly tyrant; but how canst thou say thou beholdest Him not?” (See Job 9:9.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 35:1-16

Job 35:10 Do we not fail to accord to our nights their true value? We are ever giving our days the credit and blame of all we do and misdo, forgetting those silent, glimmering hours when plans and sometimes plots are laid; when resolutions are formed or changed; when heaven, and sometimes heaven's enemies, are invoked; when anger and evil thoughts are recalled, and sometimes hate made to inflame and fester; when problems are solved, riddles guessed, and things made apparent in the dark, which... read more