Job 5:15
But God is the one who saves from their cutting remarks, and the poor from the actions of the powerful.
Free Bible Version
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 they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
16As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
Cross References
Psalms 10:14But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. Take it into your own hands. The helpless trust in you; you defend the orphans.
Psalms 35:10Every part of me will say, Who can compare to you, Lord? You rescue the weak from the strong; the poor and needy from robbers.
Psalms 72:12He will help the poor when they cry out to him, and help those who are suffering that have no one to support them.
Psalms 109:31For he takes a stand to defend the needy, to save them from those who condemn them.
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 →