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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Job 34:28

so that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, in consequence of the oppression exerted upon them; and He heareth the cry of the afflicted, which is brought to His notice because the persistent wicked conduct of the godless causes the complaint of the downtrodden to penetrate to the notice of God. Thus the justice of God strikes tile unrighteous.

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See also Job 34:28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 34:28. _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. Not...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SO THAT THEY CAUSE THE CRY OF THE POOR TO COME UNTO HIM - - Their character is that of oppressors. They take away the rights of the poor; strip away their property without any just claims, and cause t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 34 _ 1. Hear my words ye wise men (Job 34:1)_ 2. The refutation of Job's accusation of God (Job 34:5) 3. Job needs testing to the end (Job 34:31)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Injustice is incompatible with rule. How does Job condemn God, before whom even kings and princes are vile, and who regards rich and poor alike? He sees the oppressor and suddenly destroys him. In Job...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _so that they cause the cry_ Rather, THUS HE CAUSETH THE CRY OF THE POOR TO COME BEFORE HIM; lit. _to cause_(or, causing) _to come_. The words sum up the general purpose (or, effect) of God's destruct...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    God's strict justice may be seen in His government of the peoples and their princes alike. His justice is unerring, for it is guided by omniscient insight. Punishing oppression, it avenges the cause o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. God is supreme, sees every hidden thing, and is an impartial judge. (Job 34:16-30) TEXT 34:16-30 16 If now _thou hast_ understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BECAUSE THEY TURNED BACK FROM HIM, AND WOULD NOT CONSIDER ANY OF HIS WAYS:_ The grounds of their punishment in Job 34:26; Job 34:28 states in what respect they "considered not God's ways" - namely,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SPEECHES OF ELIHU (CONTINUED) 1-9. Elihu appeals to his hearers to judge the matter. He protests against the complaints of Job that he was treated unjustly by God, and that it was no profit to be...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 34 ELIHU DISCUSSES THE SPEE...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job spoke about poor people who cried to God. Job thought that God would not help them (Job 24:10-12). Elihu did not agree. God heard those poor people. And God will act to help them at the time when...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְ הָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָיו צַֽעֲקַת ־דָּ֑ל וְ צַעֲקַ֖

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXV. POST-EXILIC WISDOM Job 32:1; Job 33:1; Job 34:1 A PERSONAGE hitherto unnamed in the course of the drama now assumes the place of critic and judge between Job and his friends. Elihu, son of Bara...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE ALMIGHTY MUST BE JUST Job 34:1 Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate co...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Job gave no answer to the challenge, and Elihu proceeded. He first appealed to the wise men, asked that they would listen in order to try his words. He then made two quotations from the things Job had...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So that they cause the cry of the poor to (x) come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. (x) By their cruelty and extortion....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? (14) If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; (15) All flesh shall peri...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    3. NOW ON TO CHAPTER 34 H. Job 34:1-9 (NKJV) Elihu further answered and said: 2 "Hear my words, you wise [men]; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge. 3 For the ear tests words As the palate taste...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 32 THROUGH 37. But these spiritual affections of Job did not prevent his turning this consciousness of integrity into a robe of self-righteousness which hid G...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THAT THEY CAUSE THE CRY OF THE POOR TO COME TO HIM,.... To God; through their oppressions of the poor they are made to cry by reason of them, and who come to God with their cries, and tears, and su...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. Ver. 28. _So that they cause the cry of the poor, &c._] These they compel, by their oppressions, to w...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Because they turned back from him_ From God, whom they or their progenitors had owned; and from his laws, which God had written on their minds, Romans 2:14; and from the practice of true religion, to...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HIS APPEAL AS TO WISE MEN (vv.1-4) Since Job had wisely refrained from speaking, Elihu makes an appeal to all his hearers, as to wise men (v.2). This reminds us of1 Corinthians 10:15, "I speak as to...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    God is just in the sense that He cares what happens to the less fortunate and judges those who abuse the poor....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 presumpti...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SO THAT THEY CAUSE, Heb. _to bring_, &c., which is ambiguous, and may be read, either, 1. _That he_, i.e. God, _might bring_, &c. So this is a reason why God _smote them_, &c., as is said, JOB 34:26....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 34:28 cry H6818 poor H1800 come H935 (H8687) hears H8085 (H8799) cry H6818 afflicted H6041 they -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job 34:1. _Furthermore Elihu answered and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat._ I wish that verse was...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Elihu's discourse continued. He magnifies God's holiness. CHARACTERS: God, Elihu, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: It is absurd and unreasonable to multiply words in complaint against God's ways....

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 34:5. _Job hath said God hath taken away my judgment._ See on Job 27:2. Elihu, in every accusation, takes or turns Job's words in a wrong sense. Job meant that God had varied, in regard of him, th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _If now thou hast understanding, hear this._ ELIHU’S REMONSTRANCE I. Founded on the supremacy of God. Where there is absolute supremacy, there can be no injustice. There are some who speak of the ab...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:1 Elihu calls on “wise men” to hear Job’s contention that he is in the right (vv. Job 34:2) and “men of understanding” to hear Elihu’s argument against this claim (vv....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 34:26 Elihu suggests that Job has been struck FOR ALL TO SEE because he has TURNED ASIDE from following the Lord’s WAYS by mistreating the poor

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _ELIHU’S SECOND SPEECH_ Probably after waiting for a reply from Job, and none being forthcoming, Elihu resumes. Job 34:1.—“Furthermore Elihu answered (took up speech), and said”. Job’s silence probabl...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 34:1 In this chapter Elihu turns from Job to those whom he addresses as "wise men" (verse 2), or "men of understanding" (verse 10). Whether these are Job's three special friends, or ot...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Furthermore Elihu went on then [Job didn't answer], he said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; give ear unto me, that have knowledge. For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat (Job 34:1-3). That'...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 22:23; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:9;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HIGH ALTITUDES IN ELIHU'S ANSWER TO JOB Job 32:1, Job 33:1; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 3

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Cry of the poor — Their case is bad, who have the prayers and tears of the poor against them: for these will draw down vengeance sooner or later, on the heads of their oppressors....

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