Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Holman Bible
and injustice shuts its mouth.
International Standard Version
Therefore there is hope for those who are poor, and iniquity shuts its mouth.
American Standard Version
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Amplified
“So the helpless have hope,
And injustice shuts its mouth.
Bible in Basic English
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
Darby Translation
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
And hope will be to the poor one, and iniquity contracted her mouth.
King James 2000
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So there is hope for the powerless, and wickedness shuts its mouth.
Modern King James verseion
And there is hope for the weak, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped.
NET Bible
Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.
New Heart English Bible
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
Webster
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
World English Bible
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
Themes
Men » Spiritual » Evil men put to silence
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16 So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth. 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.
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Cross References
Psalm 107:42
The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalm 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him shall glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.
Exodus 11:7
But against any of the sons of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast, that ye may know how that LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
1 Samuel 2:8-9
He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
Psalm 9:18
For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
Isaiah 14:32
What then shall [a man] answer the messengers of the nation? That LORD has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
Zechariah 9:12
Turn you back to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will render double to thee.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.