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Job 5:16

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

KJV

Et erit egeno spes ; iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.

Vulgate

εἴη δὲ ἀδυνάτῳ ἐλπίς, ἀδίκου δὲ στόμα ἐμφραχθείη.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תְּהִ֣י לַ/דַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝/עֹלָ֗תָ/ה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
קָ֣פְצָה
qptsh
verb · 7×
תִּקְוָ֑ה
tqvh
noun · 34×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:8 — 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’
  • Exod 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.
  • Matt 22:12 — And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 107:42 — The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
  • Rom 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.