Parallel Verses

Amplified


“So the helpless have hope,
And injustice shuts its mouth.

New American Standard Bible

“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

King James Version

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

Holman 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.

A Conservative Version

So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

American Standard Version

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So the poor
דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

and iniquity
עלה עולה עולה עול עול 
`evel 
Usage: 53

קפץ 
Qaphats 
shut, stop, shut up, take out of the way, skip
Usage: 7

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

15
“But God saves [the innocent] from the sword of the mouth of the devious,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
16 
“So the helpless have hope,
And injustice shuts its mouth.
17
“Behold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise or reject the discipline of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].

Cross References

Psalm 107:42


The upright see it and rejoice;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Psalm 63:11


But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Exodus 11:7

But not even a dog will threaten any of the Israelites, whether man or animal, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

1 Samuel 2:8-9


“He raises up the poor from the dust,
He lifts up the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor and glory;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the land on them.

Psalm 9:18


For the poor will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.

Isaiah 14:32


“Then what answer will one give the messengers of the [Philistine] nation?
That the Lord has founded Zion,
And the afflicted of His people will seek and find refuge in it.”

Zechariah 9:12


Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], O prisoners who have the hope;
Even today I am declaring that I will restore double [your former prosperity] to you [as firstborn among nations].

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].

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