Job 5:16
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
In Context
15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Cross References
Exodus 11:7But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal, that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Psalms 107:42The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
Zechariah 9:12Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double 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 →