Job 5 · Verse 15

Job 5:15

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 5:15, King James Version

Job 5:15 in other translations

BSBHe saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
WEBBut he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
ASVBut he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
YLTAnd He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
DARBYAnd he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
BBEBut he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
WebsterBut he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

What does Job 5:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. "From the sword" which proceedeth "from their mouth" (Psa 59:7; 57:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth - This is rather a harsh construction. To avoid this, some have proposed to render מחרב mechereb, which we translate from the sword, the persecuted, but, I am afraid, on very slender authority. Instead of מחרב מפיהם mechereb mippihem, "from the sword, from their mouth," eleven of Kennicott and De Rossi's MSS. read מחרב פיהם mechereb pihem, from the sword of their mouth; and with these MSS. the Chaldee, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic agree. The verse, therefore, may be translated thus: - He saveth from the sword of their mouth; The poor from the hand of the mighty. Or thus: - He saveth from the sword of their mouth; And with a strong hand the impoverished.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin…

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Job 5:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣שַׁעvai.Yo.sha'and he savedH3467
מֵ֭חֶרֶבMe.che.revfrom [the] swordH2719
מִפִּיהֶ֑םmi.pi.Hemfrom mouth theirH6310
וּמִיַּ֖דu.mi.Yadand from [the] hand ofH3027
חָזָ֣קcha.Zak[the] strongH2389
אֶבְיֽוֹן\׃'ev.Yon[the] needyH34

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 5:15

  • Psalms 35:10

    All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

  • Psalms 140:12

    I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  • Psalms 109:31

    For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

  • Psalms 72:4

    He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

  • Psalms 10:17

    Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

  • Psalms 10:14

    Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

  • Psalms 107:41

    Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

  • Job 4:10

    The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

  • Psalms 72:12-13

    For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he saveth.
Ps 10:14,17; 35:10; 72:4,12,13; 107:41; 109:31; 140:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 5:14

    They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

  • Job 5:15

    But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

  • Job 5:16

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

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Job 5:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y libra de la espada al pobre, de la boca de los impíos, y de la mano violenta;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il sauve le pauvre de l’épée, de leur bouche, et de la main du fort;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er rettet vom Schwerte, von ihrem Munde, und aus der Hand des Starken den Dürftigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum, et de manu violenti pauperem.