Job 5:16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
The setting
Job's friend Eliphaz continues his theological lecture, painting a picture of perfect divine justice that doesn't match Job's current reality...
The emotion here: preaching with certainty about mysteries
The original word
tiḳwāh (תִּקְוָה) — hope, expectation, literally 'a cord stretched tight'
Why it matters
In ancient courts, the poor rarely had advocates, making this promise of divine justice especially powerful
Read with care
What most readers miss in Job 5:16
The irony: Eliphaz is promising hope to Job while Job sits hopeless in ashes
Common misconceptionPeople think this guarantees immediate earthly justice, but Job's story shows that God's timeline for justice isn't always ours.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Job 5:16
Bible Genome reading
Job 5:16 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Job 5:16 comes from the book of Job, written during the Patriarchal period. These words are attributed to Eliphaz. The dominant emotion in this verse is joyful, with a comfort power of 90% and a tone that is joyful. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include hope, divine justice. Notable phrases: poor has hope; injustice shuts her mouth. This verse contains a promise of God.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same joyful
“For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, …”
— Isaiah 9:6
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:22
“"Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"”
— 1 Corinthians 15:55
“Rejoice always.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:16
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17
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