Job 5:16 “So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.”

Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

World English Bible

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

American Standard Version

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

Darby Translation

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

Bible in Basic English

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

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Cross references

“the poor”

Psalm 9:18 Isaiah 14:32 Zechariah 9:12 1 Samuel 2:8 1 Samuel 2:9

Psalm 9:18 · BSB

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

Isaiah 14:32 · BSB

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Zechariah 9:12 · BSB

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

1 Samuel 2:8 · BSB

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the wor…

1 Samuel 2:9 · BSB

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

“and”

Psalm 107:42 Psalm 63:11 Exodus 11:7 Romans 3:19

Psalm 107:42 · BSB

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Psalm 63:11 · BSB

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

Exodus 11:7 · BSB

But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

Romans 3:19 · BSB

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

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