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Job 35:9
New English Translation
Job 35:9
New English Translation
9 “People[a] cry out
because of the excess of oppression;[b]
they cry out for help
because of the power[c] of the mighty.[d]
Footnotes
- Job 35:9 tn The word “people” is supplied, because the sentence only has the masculine plural verb.
- Job 35:9 tn The final noun is an abstract plural, “oppression.” There is no reason to change it to “oppressors” to fit the early versions. The expression is literally “multitude of oppression.”
- Job 35:9 tn Heb “the arm,” a metaphor for strength or power.
- Job 35:9 tn Or “of the many” (see HALOT 1172 s.v. I רַב 6.a).
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