The Meaning of Job 34:28 Explained

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.

YLT: To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

Darby: So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

ASV: So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So that they cause the cry  of the poor  to come  unto him, and he heareth  the cry  of the afflicted. 

What does Job 34:28 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 34:1-37 - The Almighty Must Be Just
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 complaint, but from the lips of the holiest beings in the universe, most able to pass an opinion, the cry will ascend, "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages"¦. Thy righteous acts have been made manifest," Revelation 15:3-4, r.v.
Ponder those last words. God's righteous acts have not yet been made manifest; it is therefore foolish and wrong to pass judgment upon an unfinished program. Wait, mortal man, until, at the great white throne, God shall unfold His inner reasons. If it is not fit to say to a king, "Thou art vile," how much less to Him who lives through the ages, while the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 34

1  Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
10  God omnipotent cannot be unjust
31  Man must humble himself unto God
34  Elihu reproves Job

What do the individual words in Job 34:28 mean?

To come to Him so that they caused the cry of the poor and the cry of the afflicted for He hears
לְהָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָיו צַֽעֲקַת־ דָּ֑ל וְצַעֲקַ֖ת עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע

לְהָבִ֣יא  To  come 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
עָ֭לָיו  to  Him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
צַֽעֲקַת־  so  that  they  caused  the  cry 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צְעָקָה  
Sense: cry, outcry.
דָּ֑ל  of  the  poor 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: דַּל  
Sense: low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low.
וְצַעֲקַ֖ת  and  the  cry 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צְעָקָה  
Sense: cry, outcry.
עֲנִיִּ֣ים  of  the  afflicted 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עָנִי  
Sense: poor, afflicted, humble, wretched.
יִשְׁמָֽע  for  He  hears 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.