Job 5:16
Good News Translation
He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.

New Revised Standard Version
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Contemporary English Version
The poor are filled with hope, and injustice is silenced.

New American Bible
Thus the needy have hope, and iniquity closes its mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.

the poor.

1 Samuel 2:8,9 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world. . . .

Psalm 9:18 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Isaiah 14:32 And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.

Zechariah 9:12 Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, I will render thee double as I declare today.

and.

Exodus 11:7 But with all the children of Israel there shall not a dog make the least noise, from man even to beast; that you may know how wonderful a difference the Lord maketh between the Egyptians and Israel.

Psalm 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.

Psalm 107:42 The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God.

Context
Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him
15But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent. 16And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.17Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.…
Cross References
Job 31:16
If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

Psalm 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.

Psalm 107:42
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Jeremiah 39:11
Now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had given charge to Nabuzardan the general concerning Jeremiah, saying:

Daniel 1:9
And God gave to Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

Job 5:15
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