Job 5:15

But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

In Context

14In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

16So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:14You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Psalms 35:10All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

Psalms 72:12For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

Psalms 109:31For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

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 →

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