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Job 5:15

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

KJV

Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum, et de manu violenti pauperem.

Vulgate

ἀπόλοιντο δὲ ἐν πολέμῳ, ἀδύνατος δὲ ἐξέλθοι ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου·

LXX

But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭/חֶרֶב מִ/פִּי/הֶ֑ם וּ/מִ/יַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶבְי֑וֹן
'byvn
adjective · 59×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֲזָקָ֔ה
chzqh
adjective · 56×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
י
y
noun · 496×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
  • Job 4:10 — The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
  • Job 10:1 — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 36:6 — He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 10:17 — LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
  • Ps 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
  • Ps 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?
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 72:13 — He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
  • Ps 82:4 — Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 107:41 — Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
  • Ps 107:42 — The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
  • Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
  • Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
  • Ps 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.