Job 5:16
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
אָטַם
ʼâṭam
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
Key Terms in This Verse
אָטַם ʼâṭam
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
Study H331 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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