Job 5:16

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

Job 5:16 in Other Translations

KJV
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
ESV
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
NLT
16 And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
MSG
16 And so the poor continue to hope, while injustice is bound and gagged.
CSB
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Job 5:16 In-Context

14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Job 20:19; Job 31:16; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 22:22; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 61:1
  • 2. Psalms 63:11; Psalms 107:42; Romans 3:19
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