Text -- Job 35:9 (NET)

35:9 “People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 35:9

¹ tn The word “people” is supplied, because the sentence only has the masculine plural verb.

² 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.”

³ tn Heb “the arm,” a metaphor for strength or power.

⁴ tn Or “of the many” (see HALOT 1172 s.v. I רַב 6.a).