King James Version (KJV)

Job 5:16

“So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.”

Verse in context — Job 5

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.