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Job Chapter 5 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Job 5:16

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

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
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DARBY Job 5:16

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

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

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

So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
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YLT Job 5:16

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - So the poor hath hope. With the fall of each crafty oppressor, the poor man's hopes revive. He feels that "God ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world" (Psalm 59:13). He recognizes the fact that the Almighty "maintains the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor" (Psalm 140:12), that he is "a Refuge for the oppressed, a Refuge in times of trouble" (Psalm 9:9). And iniquity stoppeth her mouth (comp. Psalm 107:42). Either "the oppressors themselves are struck dumb, recognizing the fact that God is against them;" or "those who perversely question God's ways are struck dumb, seeing his retributive justice." If we understand the passage in the latter sense, we may see in it a reproof of Job's murmurs against his treatment by God (Job 3:11-26).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Iniquity stoppeth her mouth.--See Psalm 107:42, where the same phrase occurs.