Job 34 · Verse 28

Job 34:28

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 34:28, King James Version

Job 34:28 in other translations

BSB	They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
WEB	so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
ASV	So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
YLT	To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.
DARBY	So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
BBE	So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
Webster	So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

What does Job 34:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 34:27-28

27-28. The grounds of their punishment in Job 34:26. Job 34:28 states in what respect they "considered not God's ways," namely, by oppression, whereby "they caused the cry," &c.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor - They were cruel and oppressive: the poor cried through their distresses, and against their oppressors; and God heard the cry of the poor. Nothing so dreadful appears in the court of heaven against an unfeeling, hardhearted, and cruel man of power, as the prayers, tears, and groans of the poor. In times of little liberality, when some men thought they did God service by persecuting those who did not exactly receive their creed, nor worship God in their way, a certain great man in Scotland grievously persecuted his tenants, because they had religious meetings in private houses out of the order of the establishment; though he never molested them when they spent their time and their money in the alehouse. A holy, simple woman, one of those people, went one morning to the house of the great persecutor, and desired to speak with him. The servant desired to know her message, and he would deliver it; for she could not be admitted. She told him she could deliver her message to none but his master; said it was a matter of great importance, and concerned himself intimately, and alone. The servant having delivered this message, and stated that the woman appeared to have something particular on her mind, his worship condescended to see her. "What is your business with me?" said he, in a haughty, overbearing tone. To which she answered, "Sir, we are a hantle o' puir folk at - , who are strivin' to sairve God accordin' to our ain conscience, and to get our sauls sav'd: yee persecute us; and I am come to beg yee to let us alane, and in ye dinna, we'll pray yee dead." This rhetoric was irresistible. His lordship did not know what influence such people might have in heaven; he did not like to put such prayers to the proof; wisely took the old woman's advice, and e'en let them alane. He was safe; they were satisfied; and God had the glory. When the poor refer their cause to God, he is a terrible avenger. Let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth; but wo to the man that contendeth with his Maker.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 34:16-30

Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his…

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Job 34:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְהָבִ֣יאle.ha.Vi'to cause to comeH935

עָ֭לָיו'A.lavto himH5921

צַֽעֲקַת\־tza.'a.kat-[the] outcry ofH6818

דָּ֑לDal[the] poorH1800

וְצַעֲקַ֖תve.tza.'a.Katand [the] outcry ofH6818

עֲנִיִּ֣ים'a.ni.Yimafflicted [people]H6041

יִשְׁמָֽע\׃yish.Ma'he heardH8085

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 34:28

James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Exodus 3:9
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Job 29:12-13
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Exodus 22:23-27
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: …
Job 22:9-10
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Exodus 2:23-24
And it came to pass in process of time, 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. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Job 31:19-20
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

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they.
22:9,10; 24:12; 29:12,13; 31:19,20; 35:9; Ex 2:23,24; 3:7,9; Ps 12:5
Isa 5:7; Jas 5:4
and he.
Ex 22:23-27

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Context

Job 34:27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

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Job 34:28 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Haciendo venir delante de él el clamor del pobre, y que oiga el clamor de los necesitados.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Pour faire monter vers lui le cri du pauvre, en sorte qu’il entende le cri des malheureux.
German Elberfelder 1871	um zu ihm hinaufdringen zu lassen das Schreien des Armen, und damit er das Schreien der Elenden höre.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni, et audiret vocem pauperum.