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Job 5:15
15He saves poor people when wicked people attack them. He rescues weak people from the power of strong people.
Job 5:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- New International Version (NIV)He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.
Context of Job 5:15
13When wise people try to do clever things, he causes those things to give them trouble. He quickly stops their clever ideas. 14In the middle of the day, it becomes dark for those people. At midday, they see no better than blind people. He saves poor people when wicked people attack them. He rescues weak people from the power of strong people. 16So poor people can hope for justice. Wicked people have to be quiet. 17If Almighty God warns you to do what is right, he has blessed you. So do not be upset when he decides to do that.
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וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:15
- Psalms 10:14Surely, God, you see what is happening. You see how wicked people bring pain and trouble. You decide what to do about it. The weak person trusts that you will help him. You take care of children who have no father.
- Psalms 35:10I will shout with all my strength, ‘Lord, who is like you? When strong people try to hurt weak people, you are the one who keeps the weak people safe. You also keep poor people safe when robbers try to take things from them.’
- Psalms 72:4Please help the king to judge poor people fairly. May he save the children of weak people, and destroy those cruel people who hurt them.
- Psalms 107:41But for people who are poor and weak, he rescues them from their trouble. He gives them many children, so that they have big families.
- Psalms 109:31He stands beside poor people, and he is ready to help them. When cruel people accuse a weak person, the Lord saves that person's life. So I will praise the Lord.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord helps poor people. He makes sure that they receive justice.
Commentaries on Job 5:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth - This is rather a harsh construction. To avoid this, some have proposed to render מחרב mechereb, which we translate from the sword, the persecuted, but, I am afraid, on very slender authority. Instead of מפיהם מחרב mechereb mippihem, "from the sword, from their mouth," eleven of Kennicott and De Rossi's MSS. read פיהם מחרב mechereb pihem, from the sword of their mouth; and with these MSS. the Chaldee…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15But he saveth the poor from the sword - He shows himself to be the friend and protector of the defenseless. The phrase “from the sword, from their mouth,” has been variously interpreted. Dr. Good renders it, So he saveth the persecutors from their mouth, And the helpless from the hand of the violent.” Noyes, So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth, The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.” This rendering is obtained by changing the points in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16Eliphaz praised God as the creator and and the one who sustains the universe who performs wonders (5:9–10). He also praised God as the righteous judge who humbles the powerful and honors poor people (5:11–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. "From the sword" which proceedeth "from their mouth" (Psa 59:7; 57:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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