Job 5:16

NET ©

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

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

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

MSG ©

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

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

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

KJV
So the poor
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hath hope
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and iniquity
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stoppeth
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her mouth
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HEBREW
hyp
<06310>
hupq
<07092>
htlew
<05766>
hwqt
<08615>
ldl
<01800>
yhtw (5:16)
<01961>
LXXM
eih
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V-PAO-3S
de
<1161>  
PRT
adunatw
<102>  
A-DSM
elpiv
<1680>  
N-NSF
adikou
<94>  
A-GSM
de
<1161>  
PRT
stoma
<4750>  
N-NSN
emfracyeih
 
V-APO-3S
NET © [draft] ITL
Thus
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the poor
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have hope
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, and iniquity
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shuts
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its mouth
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.
NET © Notes

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.