Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. New Living Translation And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut. English Standard Version So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. Berean Standard Bible So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. King James Bible So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. New King James Version So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth. New American Standard Bible “So the helpless has hope, And injustice has shut its mouth. NASB 1995 “So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth. NASB 1977 “So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth. Legacy Standard Bible So the poor has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth. Amplified Bible “So the helpless have hope, And injustice shuts its mouth. Christian Standard Bible So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. Holman Christian Standard Bible So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. American Standard Version So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the poor will have hope and the evil one will shut his mouth Brenton Septuagint Translation And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped. Contemporary English Version The poor are filled with hope, and injustice is silenced. Douay-Rheims Bible And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth. English Revised Version So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the poor have hope while wrongdoing shuts its mouth. Good News Translation He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked. International Standard Version Therefore there is hope for those who are poor, and iniquity shuts its mouth. JPS Tanakh 1917 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Literal Standard Version And there is hope for the poor, | And perverseness has shut her mouth. Majority Standard Bible So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. New American Bible Thus the needy have hope, and iniquity closes its mouth. NET Bible Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth. New Revised Standard Version So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. New Heart English Bible So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. Webster's Bible Translation So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. World English Bible So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. Young's Literal Translation And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him…15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. 17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.… Cross References Job 31:16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow's eyes to fail, Psalm 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut. Psalm 107:42 The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth. Jeremiah 39:11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying, Daniel 1:9 Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official, Treasury of Scripture So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth. the poor. 1 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… Psalm 9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Isaiah 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. and. Exodus 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. Psalm 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. Psalm 107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. Jump to Previous Evil-Doer Helpless Hope Hopeth Iniquity Injustice Mouth Perverseness Poor Shut Shuts Stopped Stoppeth UnrighteousnessJump to Next Evil-Doer Helpless Hope Hopeth Iniquity Injustice Mouth Perverseness Poor Shut Shuts Stopped Stoppeth UnrighteousnessJob 5 1. Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;6. that man is born to trouble; 8. that God is to be regarded in affliction; 17. the happy end of God's correction. (16) Iniquity stoppeth her mouth.--See Psalm 107:42, where the same phrase occurs.Verse 16. - So the poor hath hope. With the fall of each crafty oppressor, the poor man's hopes revive. He feels that "God ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world" (Psalm 59:13). He recognizes the fact that the Almighty "maintains the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor" (Psalm 140:12), that he is "a Refuge for the oppressed, a Refuge in times of trouble" (Psalm 9:9). And iniquity stoppeth her mouth (comp. Psalm 107:42). Either "the oppressors themselves are struck dumb, recognizing the fact that God is against them;" or "those who perversely question God's ways are struck dumb, seeing his retributive justice." If we understand the passage in the latter sense, we may see in it a reproof of Job's murmurs against his treatment by God (Job 3:11-26). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So the poorלַדַּ֣ל (lad·dal) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin have וַתְּהִ֣י (wat·tə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be hope, תִּקְוָ֑ה (tiq·wāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy and injustice וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה (wə·‘ō·lā·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness shuts קָ֣פְצָה (qā·p̄ə·ṣāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7092: To draw together, close, to leap, to die its mouth. פִּֽיהָ׃ (pî·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to Links Job 5:16 NIVJob 5:16 NLT Job 5:16 ESV Job 5:16 NASB Job 5:16 KJV Job 5:16 BibleApps.com Job 5:16 Biblia Paralela Job 5:16 Chinese Bible Job 5:16 French Bible Job 5:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 5:16 So the poor has hope and injustice (Jb) |
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