15 He saves the needy(A) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(B)
16 So the poor(C) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.(D)

17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(E)
    so do not despise the discipline(F) of the Almighty.[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

15 But He saves from (A)the sword of their mouth,
And (B)the needy from the hand of the strong.
16 So the poor has hope,
And (C)unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

17 “Behold, how (D)blessed is the man whom God reproves,
So do not reject the (E)discipline of the [a]Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Heb Shaddai, so in Job