Job 5:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

wa-təhî to-the-dal tiqwāh wə-ʿōlātāh qāfəṣāh pîhā

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction with consecutive imperfect - and
*təhî*: Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person feminine singular - let there be
*dal*: adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the poor/weak
*tiqwāh*: noun, feminine singular - hope
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʿōlātāh*: noun, feminine singular - injustice/unrighteousness
*qāfəṣāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has shut
*pîhā*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her mouth

Word Meanings

*təhî*: there is/becomes
*dal*: poor one/weak one/thin one
*tiqwāh*: hope/expectation
*ʿōlātāh*: injustice/unrighteousness/perversity
*qāfəṣāh*: shuts/closes tightly
*pîhā*: her mouth

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
1 Sam 2:8-9 : 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'S, and he hath set the world upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice{H8799)} in God; every one that sweareth{H8737)} by him shall glory{H8691)}: but the mouth of them that speak{H8802)} lies shall be stopped{H8735)}.
Exod 11:7 : 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.
Ps 9:18 : 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Isa 14:32 : 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.
Zech 9:12 : 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Rom 3:19 : 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.

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