Job 5:16
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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Compare
- BSB
- So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
- KJV
- So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
- WEB
- So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
- ASV
- So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
- DARBY
- So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
- BLB
- And there is hope for the poor, and injustice shuts its mouth.
- ÅB
- og det blir håp for den ringe, og ondskapen må lukke sin munn.
- OTB
- Så den hjelpeløse har håp,
Og urettferdighet lukker sin munn. - B1930
- og det blir håp for den ringe, og ondskapen må lukke sin munn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 107:42
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Read in contextPsalms 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:8–9
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Read in contextExodus 11:7
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 9:18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Read in contextZechariah 9:12
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
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