Job 5:16
So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
In Context
15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Cross References
Exodus 11:7But against any of the sons of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast, that ye may know how that LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
Psalms 9:18For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.
Psalms 107:42The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Zechariah 9:12Turn you back to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will render double to thee.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →