Job 5:15
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
World English Bible Classic
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
14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
Psalms 109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who 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 →