Job 5:16
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
In Context
15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
Cross References
Exodus 11:7'And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;
Psalms 9:18For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
Psalms 107:42The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.
Zechariah 9:12Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.
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 →