Job 5:16
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
Majority Standard Bible
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 the clutches of the powerful.
17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Cross References
Exodus 11:7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
Zechariah 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
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 →