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


In Context

13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

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

17 |Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

18 For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its 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 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.