Job 5:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts her mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ so the poor have hope and violence shuts its mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.

Job 5:16 Cross References

Psalm 107:42

The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness stops its mouth.

Psalm 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Isaiah 14:32

What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and the needy among his people will find refuge in her.”

Psalm 9:18

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

Exodus 11:7

But not a dog shall growl at any of the Israelites—not at people, not at animals—so that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

Job 31:16

“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail

Jeremiah 39:11

King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,

Daniel 1:9

Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion from the palace master.