King James Version
Job 5:16 in the King James Version says “So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.”
Job 5:16 · KJV
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. meet: or, run into
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“stoppeth”
H7092to draw together, i.e., close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
“her mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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