Job 5:15
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New International Version (© 2011)
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

King James Bible
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

American Standard Version
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

Young's Literal Translation
And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

Job 5:15 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth - This is rather a harsh construction. To avoid this, some have proposed to render מחרב mechereb, which we translate from the sword, the persecuted, but, I am afraid, on very slender authority. Instead of מחרב מפיהם mechereb mippihem, "from the sword, from their mouth," eleven of Kennicott and De Rossi's MSS. read מחרב פיהם mechereb pihem, from the sword of their mouth; and with these MSS. the Chaldee, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic agree. The verse, therefore, may be translated thus: -

He saveth from the sword of their mouth;

The poor from the hand of the mighty.

Or thus: -

He saveth from the sword of their mouth;

And with a strong hand the impoverished.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he saveth.

Psalm 10:14,17 You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you...

Psalm 35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like to you, which deliver the poor from him that is too strong for him, yes...

Psalm 72:4,12,13 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor...

Psalm 107:41 Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.

Psalm 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Psalm 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Job 5:15 Parallel Commentaries
Clutches Fatherless Hand Keeps Mighty Mouth Needy Poor Power Powerful Safe Saves Saveth Strong Sword Wasted
Clutches Fatherless Hand Keeps Mighty Mouth Needy Poor Power Powerful Safe Saves Saveth Strong Sword Wasted
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