Job 5:15
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
16And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say : Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him.
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.
Psalms 109:31Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors
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 →