Job 34:28 · KJV
“So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.”
— Job 34:28
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: {him: Heb. after him}
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:
Job 34 — Context
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; {open...: Heb. place of beholders}
27Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: {him: Heb. after him}
28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29When 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:
30That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Cross References
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. {sabaoth: Heb. hosts}
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. {puffeth...: or, would ensnare him}
Job 29:12-13
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
Exodus 22:23-27
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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. {his...: Heb. plant of his pleasures} {oppression: Heb. a scab}