Job 5:16

In 11 translations

BSB

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

KJV

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

WEB

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

ASV

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

LSV

And there is hope for the poor, || And perverseness has shut her mouth.

YLT

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

DBY

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

DRC

And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.

GNV

So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

JPS

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

LXXE

And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Εἴη δὲ ἀδυνάτῳ ἐλπὶς, ἀδίκου δὲ στόμα ἐμφραχθείη.

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• Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
• Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
• 1 Samuel 2:8–9He 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…
• 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 declare that I will restore to you double.
• Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
• 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.
• 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.

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