Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 he saves the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the wicked, and from the hand of the violent. 16 “So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
17 Behold, blessed is the man whom God chastens; therefore, do not despise not the correction of the Almighty.

Cross References

Psalm 107:42

The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Psalm 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of those that speak lies shall be stopped.

Exodus 11:7

But among all the sons of Israel, from man to beast, not a dog shall move his tongue, that ye may know that the LORD shall make a difference between the Egyptians and the Israelites.

1 Samuel 2:8-9

He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.

Psalm 9:18

For the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Isaiah 14:32

What shall one then answer the messengers of the Gentiles? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people shall have confidence.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will render double unto thee;

Romans 3:19

Now we know that all that the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may submit themselves unto God.

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