English Standard Version
Job 5:16
16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Job 5:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
Context of Job 5:16
14They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night. 15But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. 17"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. 18For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:16 word by word
וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:16
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.
- Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
- Isaiah 14:32What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."
- Zechariah 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
- Exodus 11:7But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.'
- Psalms 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
- Psalms 107:42The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Commentaries on Job 5:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16So the poor - דל dal, he who is made thin, who is wasted, extenuated; hath hope - he sees what God is accustomed to do, and he expects a repetition of gracious dealings in his own behalf; and because God deals thus with those who trust in him, therefore the mouth of impiety is stopped. Religion is kept alive in the earth, because of God's signal interventions in behalf of the bodies and souls of his followers.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16So the poor hath hope - From the interposition of God. They are not left in a sad and comfortless condition. They are permitted to regard God as their protector and friend, and to look forward to another and a better world. This sentiment accords with all that is elsewhere said in the Scriptures, that the offers of mercy are specially made to the poor, and that they are especially the objects of the divine compassion. And iniquity stoppeth her mouth…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. 1616. the poor hath hope--of the interposition of God. iniquity stoppeth her mouth--(Psa 107:42; Mi 7:9, 10; Is 52:15). Especially at the last day, through shame (Jude 15; Mt 22:12). The "mouth" was the offender (Job 5:15), and the mouth shall then be stopped (Is 25:8) at the end.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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