Job 5:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.”

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BSBPD

“He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 5:15 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 4:10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
  2. Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  3. Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
  4. Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
  5. Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
  6. Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
  7. Psalms 107:41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
  8. Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
  9. Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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