14 They meet with [a]darkness in the daytime, and [b]grope at noonday, as in the night.

15 But he saveth the [c]poor from the sword, from their [d]mouth, and from the hand of the violent man,

16 So that the poor hath his hope, but iniquity shall [e]stop her mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:14 In things plain and evident they show themselves fools instead of wise men.
  2. Job 5:14 This declareth that God punisheth the worldly wise, as he threatened, Deut. 28:29.
  3. Job 5:15 That is, he that humbleth himself before God.
  4. Job 5:15 He compareth the slander of the wicked to sharp swords.
  5. Job 5:16 If the wicked be compelled at God’s works to stop their mouths, much more they that profess God.

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