Job 5:16
And there is hope for the poor, || And perverseness has shut her mouth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
In Context
15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, || And from a strong hand,
Cross References
Exodus 11:7and against all the sons of Israel a dog does not sharpen its tongue, from man even to beast, so that you know that YHWH makes a separation between the Egyptians and Israel.
Psalms 9:18For the needy is not forgotten forever, || [Nor] the hope of the humble lost for all time.
Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, || And all perversity has shut her mouth.
Zechariah 9:12Return to a stronghold, || You prisoners of the hope, || Even today a second announcer I restore to you.
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 →