Text -- Job 5:16 (NET)

5:16 Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 5:16

¹ tn Other translations render this “injustice” (NIV, NRSV, CEV) or “unrighteousness” (NASB).

² tn The verse summarizes the result of God’s intervention in human affairs, according to Eliphaz’ idea that even-handed justice prevails. Ps 107:42 parallels v. 16b.