Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So there is hope for the powerless, and wickedness shuts its 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.
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 And he saves from the sword of their mouth, {even} [the] poor from the hand of the strong. 16 So there is hope for the powerless, and wickedness shuts its mouth. 17 "Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,
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Cross References
Psalm 107:42
[The] upright see [it] and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
Psalm 63:11
However, the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast, because [the] mouth of [the] liars will be stopped.
Exodus 11:7
But against all the {Israelites}, from a man to an animal, a dog will not [even] {bark}, so that you will know that Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.'
1 Samuel 2:8-9
He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.
Psalm 9:18
for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.
Isaiah 14:32
And what will one answer [the] messengers of [the] nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and the needy of his people will take refuge in it.
Zechariah 9:12
Return to [the] fortress, O prisoners of hope; today [I am] declaring [that] I will repay you double.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law, in order that every mouth may be closed and the whole world may become accountable to God.