Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut 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.
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.
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.
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 saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy. 16 Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth. 17 Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
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Cross References
Psalm 107:42
The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.
Psalm 63:11
But, the king, shall rejoice in God, - Every one shall glory who sweareth by him, For the mouth of them who speak falsehood, shall be stopped.
Exodus 11:7
But against none of the sons of Israel, shall a dog sharpen his tongue, neither against man nor beast, - that ye may know that Yahweh maketh a difference between Egypt and Israel.
1 Samuel 2:8-9
Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.
Psalm 9:18
For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten, - nor, the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever.
Isaiah 14:32
What, then, shall one answer the messengers of a nation? That Yahweh, hath founded Zion, And in her, shall seek refuge the oppressed of his people.
Zechariah 9:12
Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope, - Even to-day, do I declare - Double, will I return to thee!
Romans 3:19
Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.