Job 5:15
But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
Leeser Tanakh
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
14By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
16And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and despiteful acts, to requite it with thy hand: unto thee the unfortunate committeth himself; unto the fatherless hast thou [ever] been a helper.
Psalms 35:10All my bones will say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the afflicted also, who hath no helper.
Psalms 109:31For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge 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 →