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Job 5:15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz speaks to Job, describing God’s intervention as Job’s community faces sudden darkness and oppression. The words — וַיֹּשַׁע (va/yōšāʿ) means “and he saved,” and אֶבְיוֹן ('ebyôn) translates as “the needy,” anchoring the verse in direct rescue terminology. The thread — This deliverance pattern appears in Psalms 35:10, 140:12, and 109:31, where Yahweh consistently protects the afflicted from their attackers. Why it lands — The verse states that God physically rescues the vulnerable from violent oppressors, a factual claim that directly enables the surrounding assertion that the poor have hope and injustice is silenced.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Cross-references
- Psalms 35:10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
- Psalms 140:12 I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Psalms 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Job 4:10 The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- Psalms 10:14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalms 72:4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
- Psalms 107:41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
- Psalms 72:12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.