So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
Parallel translations
- WEB So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
- KJV So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
- NKJV So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
- NASB “So the helpless has hope, And injustice has shut its mouth.
- NLT And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
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So the poor have hope and injustice is silenced. It affirms that God's intervention gives the afflicted reason to hope and shuts the mouth of wickedness.
Overview
Eliphaz concludes that because God acts for the lowly, the poor possess hope and injustice is stopped. This confidence in God's ultimate vindication of the oppressed is a cherished biblical assurance. It points forward to the day when, in Christ, every wrong is righted and the mouth of injustice is forever stopped, so that the hope of the poor is not put to shame.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
- Ps 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
- 1 Sam 2:8–9He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- Zech 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
- Isa 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Ps 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
- Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Exod 11:7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
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