Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped.
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.
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 so he delivereth the poor from the sword, from the threatenings of the ungodly, and from the hand of the cruel; 16 that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped. 17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God punisheth: therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
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Cross References
Psalm 107:42
The righteous will consider this and rejoice; the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.
Psalm 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; all they that swear by him shall be commended, for the mouth of liars shall be stopped.
Exodus 11:7
And among all the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, nor yet man or beast: that ye may know, how the LORD putteth a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.'
1 Samuel 2:8-9
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them.
Psalm 9:18
For the poor shall not always be forgotten; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish forever.
Isaiah 14:32
Who shall then maintain the messages of the Gentiles? But the LORD establisheth Zion, and the poor of my people shall put their trust in him.
Zechariah 9:12
Turn you now to the stronghold, ye that be in prison, and long sore to be delivered: And this day I bring the word, that I will reward thee double again.
Romans 3:19
Yea and we know that whatsoever the law saith, he saith it to them which are under the law: That all mouths may be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,