Job 5:16

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

Job 5:16 · King James Version

In other versions

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
ASV
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
BBE
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
DBY
So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
WEB
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
YLT
So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
ENG
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
WBT
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
BSB

¹⁴They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

¹⁵But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁶So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.