Job 34:28
Good News Translation
They forced the poor to cry out to God, and he heard their calls for help.

New Revised Standard Version
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—

Contemporary English Version
The persons they mistreated had prayed for help, until God answered their prayers.

New American Bible
And made the cry of the poor reach him, so that he heard the cry of the afflicted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

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Job 22:9,10 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces. . . .

Job 24:12 Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.

Job 29:12,13 Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper. . . .

Job 31:19,20 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering: . . .

Job 35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

Exodus 2:23,24 Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works. . . .

Exodus 3:7,9 And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works; . . .

Psalm 12:5 By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard.

Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.

James 5:4 Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

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Exodus 22:23-27 If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry: . . .

Context
Elihu Confirms God's Justice
27Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways: 28So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.29For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?…
Cross References
James 5:4
Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Exodus 22:23
If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:

Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.

Job 5:15
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

Job 8:6
If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:

Job 22:27
Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

Job 29:12
Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper.

Job 33:26
He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.

Job 34:29
For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?

Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

Lamentations 3:56
Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

Job 34:27
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