Job 5:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.”
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BSBPD
“So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 5:16 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 11:7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
- Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
- Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
- Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Zechariah 9:12Return to your stronghold,O prisoners of hope;even today I declarethat I will restore to you double.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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