16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.


In Context

13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.

15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

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

17 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.

Job 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.