Job 5:16

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity ¹  shuts its mouth. ² 

biblegateway Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

biblegateway Job 5:16

"So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

biblegateway Job 5:16

And so at last the poor have hope, and the fangs of the wicked are broken.

biblegateway Job 5:16

And so the poor continue to hope, while injustice is bound and gagged.

SABDAweb Job 5:16

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

bibleoremus Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

biblegateway Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.

biblegateway Job 5:16

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity ¹  shuts its mouth. ² 

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.