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Job 5:16

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

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Job 5:16 in other translations

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

Job 5:16 · World English Bible

Job 5:16 in context

  1. 14They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
  2. 15But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
  3. 16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
  4. 17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
  5. 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.