Job 5:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"So the helplessלַדַּ֣ל
(lad·dal)
1800b: low, weak, poor, thinfrom dalal
hasוַתְּהִ֣י
(vat·te·hi)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
hope,תִּקְוָ֑ה
(tik·vah;)
8615b: a hopefrom qavah
And unrighteousness 
 
5767b: injustice, unrighteousness, wrongfrom the same as evel
must shutקָ֣פְצָה
(ka·fe·tzah)
7092: draw together, shuta prim. root
its mouth.פִּֽיהָ׃
(pi·ha.)
6310: moutha prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
So the poor
dal  (dal)
dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin -- lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
hath hope
tiqvah  (tik-vaw')
literally, a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy -- expectation (-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
and iniquity
`evel  (eh'-vel)
(moral) evil -- iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
stoppeth
qaphats  (kaw-fats')
to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
her mouth
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

International Standard Version
Therefore there is hope for those who are poor, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

NET Bible
Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the poor have hope while wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

King James 2000 Bible
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
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