Job 5:16 Cross References - NSB

¹⁶ »The poor have hope when wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

⁷ »But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even bark, whether against man or beast. This is so you may understand how Jehovah makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.«

⁸ »He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s. He sets the world on them. ⁹ »He guards the feet of his holy ones. The wicked are silenced in darkness. Man will not prevail by strength.

¹⁸ Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of meek people be lost forever.

¹¹ But the king will find joy in God. Everyone who takes an oath by God will speak praise, but the mouths of liars will be shut.

⁴² The righteous will see this and rejoice, but all the wicked will shut their mouths.

³² What then will one answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that Jehovah has established Zion and in her the poor and afflicted of his people find refuge.

¹² »Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. I declare today: I shall repay you a double portion.

¹⁹ We know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law. Every mouth may be stopped and the entire world may become liable to God for punishment.