Job 5:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 5:16

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 5

¹⁴ They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

¹⁵ He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

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

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

¹⁸ For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

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