Job 5:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.
  • 1 Sam 2:8-9 : 8 He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause `them' to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah `are' the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world. 9 The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
  • Ps 63:11 : 11 And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!
  • Exod 11:7 : 7 `And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;
  • Ps 9:18 : 18 For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.
  • Isa 14:32 : 32 And what doth one answer the messengers of a nation? `That Jehovah hath founded Zion, And in it do the poor of His people trust!'
  • Zech 9:12 : 12 Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

Similar Verses (AI)

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    15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

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    15He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

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    42The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

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    18For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

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    29He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

  • Prov 31:8-9
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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

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  • Prov 14:31-32
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    74%

    31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

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    15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

  • Job 5:17
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    17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

  • Job 34:28
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    28To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

  • Ps 12:5
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    5Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.

  • Prov 13:8
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    8The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

  • Ps 140:12
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    12I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, `Is' a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah `is' his refuge.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

  • Job 31:16
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    16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23`With' supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

  • Isa 29:19
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    19And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.

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    22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

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    6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

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    4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

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    20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.

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    28The hope of the righteous `is' joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.

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    16Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

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    70%

    13The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.

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    5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

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    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

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    15And where `is' now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

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    2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

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    8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

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    12For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

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    9Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?

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    5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

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    21A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

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    9Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.