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Job 5:15

"But God saves [the innocent] from the sword of the mouth of the devious, And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Faith;   God;   Philosophy;   Poor;   Righteous;   Thompson Chain Reference - God's;   Poor, the;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Poverty;   Salvation;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eliphaz;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Brother;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He saves the needy from their sharp wordsand from the clutches of the powerful.
Hebrew Names Version
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
King James Version
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
English Standard Version
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
New Century Version
God saves the needy from their lies and from the harm done by powerful people.
New English Translation
So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
New American Standard Bible
"But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the strong.
World English Bible
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
Legacy Standard Bible
But He saves from the sword of their mouth,And the needy from the hand of the strong.
Berean Standard Bible
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Contemporary English Version
God rescues the needy from the words of the wicked and the fist of the mighty.
Complete Jewish Bible
But he saves the poor from the sword, their mouth, and from the clutches of the strong;
Darby Translation
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Easy-to-Read Version
God saves the poor from the hurtful words of the wicked. He saves them from those who are powerful.
George Lamsa Translation
But he saves their lives from the sword, and the poor from the hand of the mighty.
Good News Translation
But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.
Lexham English Bible
And he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the strong.
Literal Translation
But He saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And so he delyuereth the poore from the swearde, from their mouth, and from the hode of the cruell:
American Standard Version
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Bible in Basic English
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he deliuereth the poore from the sworde, from their threatninges, and from the violence of the mightie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
King James Version (1611)
But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mightie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
English Revised Version
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Certis God schal make saaf a nedi man fro the swerd of her mouth, and a pore man fro the hond of the violent, `ethir rauynour.
Update Bible Version
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Webster's Bible Translation
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
New King James Version
But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.
New Living Translation
He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong, and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
New Life Bible
But He saves from the sword those in need. He saves the poor from the power of the strong.
New Revised Standard
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
Revised Standard Version
But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, 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,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

Contextual Overview

6"For affliction does not come forth from the dust, Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground. 7"For man is born for trouble, [As naturally] as sparks fly upward. 8"As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him, And I would commit my cause to God; 9Who does great and unsearchable things, Marvelous things without number. 10"He gives rain upon the earth And sends waters upon the fields, 11So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And He lifts to safety those who mourn. 12"He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty, So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth. 13"He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness, And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted. 14"In the daytime they meet in darkness, And at noon they grope as in the night. 15"But God saves [the innocent] from the sword of the mouth of the devious, And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he saveth: Psalms 10:14, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 35:10, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:13, Psalms 107:41, Psalms 109:31, Psalms 140:12

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:10 - he slipped Job 10:1 - My soul Psalms 10:9 - when Psalms 12:5 - puffeth at Psalms 82:4 - rid Psalms 107:42 - iniquity Psalms 113:7 - raiseth Isaiah 25:4 - thou hast

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 1:2
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he saveth the poor,.... Who are so in a literal sense, and whom the Lord saves with a temporal salvation; these being the butt of the crafty, wise, and cunning, on whom their eyes are, for whom they lay snares, and lie in wait to draw them in; and these being helpless and without friends, God takes notice of them, appears for them, and arises for their help, and saves them:

from the sword; of their enemies, drawn against them and ready to be sheathed in them:

from their mouth; from their reproaches, calumnies, detraction, and evil speaking; or "from the sword, their mouth" w, as some; or "from the sword of their mouth" x, as others; or which comes out of it; whose mouths and tongues are as sharp swords, which destroy their credit and reputation, and threaten them with ruin; the Targum is,

"from the slaughter of their mouth:''

and from the hand of the mighty; their mighty enemies, that, are mightier than they; the Targum is,

"from the hand of a mighty king;''

such an one as Pharaoh, which the same paraphrase makes mention of in Job 5:14, and from whom the poor Israelites were delivered: this may be applied to the poor in a spiritual sense, who are poor in spirit, and are sensible of their spiritual poverty, whom the Lord looks unto, has a regard for, and saves them from "the sword" of avenging justice; that being awaked against the man, his fellow, and so warded off from them, and from the mouth of a cursing and condemning law, and from Satan the accuser of the brethren; and of wicked men, whose tongue rising up in judgment against them, he condemns; and from the "hand" of Satan the strong man armed, and who is stronger than they; and of all their spiritual enemies.

w So some in Michaelis. x "A gladio oris eorum", V. L. "a gladio qui ex ore eorum", De Dieu, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But he saveth the poor from the sword - He shows himself to be the friend and protector of the defenseless. The phrase “from the sword, from their mouth,” has been variously interpreted. Dr. Good renders it,

So he saveth the persecutors from their mouth,

And the helpless from the hand of the violent.”

Noyes,

So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth,

The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.”

This rendering is obtained by changing the points in the word מחרב mēchereb, “from the sword,” to מחרב māchĕrāb, making it the Hophal participle from חרב chârab, to make desolate. This was proposed by Capellus, and has been adopted by Durell, Michaelis, Dathe, Doederlein, and others. Rosenmuller pronounces it wholly unauthorized. Jerome renders it, a gladio otis eorum - “from the sword of their mouth.” It seems to me that the whole verse may be literally rendered, “he saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the strong, the poor.” According to this version, the phrase “from their mouth” may either mean from the mouth, i. e. the edge of the sword, using the plural for the singular, or from the mouth of oppressors, using it to represent their violence, and their disposition to devour the poor. The latter is more probably the true interpretation, and there is no need of a ehange in the points in the Hebrew. Thus, interpreted, the sense is, that God preserves the poor from oppression; or, in other words, that he befriends them, and is therefore worthy of confidence. This sentiment accords with what is found everywhere in the Bible.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 5:15. 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.


 
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