A moment in scripture
Job 5:15
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But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
- Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
- Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.