Job 5:16
Strong's Lexicon
So the poor
לַדַּ֣ל (lad·dal)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1800: 1) low, poor, weak, thin, one who is low

have
וַתְּהִ֣י (wat·tə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

hope,
תִּקְוָ֑ה (tiq·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8615: 1) cord 2) hope, expectation 2a) hope 2b) ground of hope 2c) things hoped for, outcome

and injustice
וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה (wə·‘ō·lā·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5766: 1) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong 1a) violent deeds of injustice 1b) injustice (of speech) 1c) injustice (generally)

shuts
קָ֣פְצָה (qā·p̄ə·ṣāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7092: 1) to draw together, close, shut, shut up, stop up 1a) (Qal) to shut 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to draw oneself together (of death) 1b2) to be shut up to death 1c) (Piel) springing, skipping (participle)

its mouth.
פִּֽיהָ׃ (pî·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the poor have  hope, and injustice shuts its  mouth. 

New American Standard Bible
"So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

King James Bible
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Parallel Verses
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.

New American Standard Bible
"So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

International Standard Version
Therefore there is hope for those who are poor, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

NET Bible
Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
















Cross References
Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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.

Jeremiah 39:11
Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

Daniel 1:9
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 5:15
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Job 5:18
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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