Job 5:16
So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
In Context
15But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Cross References
Exodus 11:7But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that all of you may know how that the LORD does put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 107:42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Zechariah 9:12Turn you to the strong hold, all of you prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto 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 →