Job 5:15
Good News Translation
But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.

New Revised Standard Version
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.

Contemporary English Version
God rescues the needy from the words of the wicked and the fist of the mighty.

New American Bible
But he saves the poor from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

he saveth.

Psalm 10:14,17 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. . . .

Psalm 35:10 All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him.

Psalm 72:4,12,13 He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor. . . .

Psalm 107:41 And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.

Psalm 109:31 Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.

Psalm 140:12 I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.

Context
Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him
14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night. 15But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.16And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.…
Cross References
Job 4:10
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions, are broken:

Job 4:11
The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.

Job 29:17
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.

Job 34:28
So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

Job 34:30
Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people.

Job 36:6
But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.

Job 36:15
He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

Job 38:15
From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

Psalm 35:10
All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him.

Jeremiah 39:11
Now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had given charge to Nabuzardan the general concerning Jeremiah, saying:

Daniel 1:9
And God gave to Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

Job 5:14
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