Job 5 · Verse 16

Job 5:16

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 5:16, King James Version

Job 5:16 in other translations

BSBSo the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
WEBSo the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
ASVSo the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
YLTAnd there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
DARBYSo the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
BBESo the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
WebsterSo the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

What does Job 5:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. the poor hath hope--of the interposition of God. iniquity stoppeth her mouth--(Psa 107:42; Mi 7:9, 10; Is 52:15). Especially at the last day, through shame (Jude 15; Mt 22:12). The "mouth" was the offender (Job 5:15), and the mouth shall then be stopped (Is 25:8) at the end.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 So the poor - דל dal, he who is made thin, who is wasted, extenuated; hath hope - he sees what God is accustomed to do, and he expects a repetition of gracious dealings in his own behalf; and because God deals thus with those who trust in him, therefore the mouth of impiety is stopped. Religion is kept alive in the earth, because of God's signal interventions in behalf of the bodies and souls of his followers.

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 5:16 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.

וַתְּהִ֣יva.te.Hiand it belongedH1961
לַדַּ֣לla.Dalto <the> poor [person]H1800
תִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahhopeH8615
וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָהve.'o.La.tahand injusticeH5766
קָ֣פְצָהKa.fe.tzahit shutsH7092
פִּֽיהָ\׃Pi.hamouth itsH6310

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

Cross references for Job 5:16

  • Psalms 107:42

    The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • Psalms 63:11

    But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

  • 1 Samuel 2:8-9

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them. He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  • Exodus 11:7

    But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

  • Psalms 9:18

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

  • Isaiah 14:32

    What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

  • Zechariah 9:12

    Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the poor.
1Sa 2:8,9; Ps 9:18; Isa 14:32; Zec 9:12
and.
Ex 11:7; Ps 63:11; 107:42; Ro 3:19

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Context

  • 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.

  • Job 5:17

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

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Job 5:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues es esperanza al menesteroso, y la iniquidad cerrará su boca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arrive au chétif ce qu’il espère, et l’iniquité a la bouche fermée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So wird dem Armen Hoffnung, und die Ungerechtigkeit verschließt ihren Mund.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et erit egeno spes; iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.