Job 5:16
As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
In Context
17See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
Cross References
Exodus 11:7But among all the Israelites there won't even be the sound of a dog barking at them or their animals. That way you will know that the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.
Psalms 9:18But the needy will not be ignored forever, the hope of those who suffer will not always be dashed.
Psalms 107:42Those who live right will observe what is happening and be glad, but the wicked will be silenced.
Zechariah 9:12Return to the stronghold, you prisoners who have hope! Today I promise I will repay you double what you lost.
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 →