Job 5:15
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
- KJV
- But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- WEB
- But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
- ASV
- But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
- DARBY
- And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- BLB
- And He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- ÅB
- Og slik frelser han den fattige fra sverdet, fra deres munn og fra den sterkes hånd,
- OTB
- Men Han redder fra sverdet av deres munn,
Og de fattige fra de mektiges hånd. - B1930
- Og således frelser han den fattige fra sverdet, fra deres munn og fra den sterkes hånd,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 35:10
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Read in contextPsalms 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Read in contextPsalms 109:31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Read in contextPsalms 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Read in contextPsalms 10:17
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
Read in contextPsalms 10:14
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Read in contextPsalms 107:41
But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
Read in contextJob 4:10
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
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