Job 35:9, Ecc 3:16 | JFB | STEP | 9. ( .) Elihu states in Job's words ( ) the difficulty; the "cries" of "the oppressed" not being heard might lead man to think that wrongs are not punished by Him.

Job 35:9

9. (Ec 4:1.) Elihu states in Job's words (Job 24. 12; 30. 20) the difficulty; the "cries" of "the oppressed" not being heard might lead man to think that wrongs are not punished by Him.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

16. Here a difficulty is suggested. If God "requires" events to move in their perpetual cycle, why are the wicked allowed to deal unrighteously in the place where injustice ought least of all to be; namely, "the place of judgment" (Jer 12:1)?