Job

Job 5:15–16

¹⁵He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth

and from the clutches of the powerful.

¹⁶So the poor have hope,

and injustice shuts its mouth.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He saves	וַיֹּ֣שַׁע	way·yō·ša‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3467 deliver
the needy	אֶבְיֽוֹן׃	’eḇ·yō·wn	Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor
from the sword	מֵ֭חֶרֶב	mê·ḥe·reḇ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
in their mouth	מִפִּיהֶ֑ם	mip·pî·hem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6310 mouth
and from the clutches	וּמִיַּ֖ד	ū·mî·yaḏ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of the powerful	חָזָ֣ק	ḥā·zāq	Adjective - masculine singular	H2389 strong, stout, mighty

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So the poor	לַדַּ֣ל	lad·dal	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H1800 low, weak, poor, thin
have	וַתְּהִ֣י	wat·tə·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
hope	תִּקְוָ֑ה	tiq·wāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8615 cord
and injustice	וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה	wə·‘ō·lā·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H5766 injustice, unrighteousness
shuts	קָ֣פְצָה	qā·p̄ə·ṣāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7092 draw together, shut
its mouth	פִּֽיהָ׃	pî·hā	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6310 mouth

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 5:15 Psalm 35:10 · Psalm 140:12 · Psalm 109:31 · Psalm 72:4 · Job 4:10 · Psalm 107:41 · Psalm 10:17 · Psalm 10:14

Job 5:16 Psalm 107:42 · Psalm 63:11 · 1 Samuel 2:8–9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.