Job 5
1 Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?
Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?
2 For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
4 His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:
5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.
Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,
For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
8 But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,
Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —
9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,
Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
10 who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,
Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.
Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
16 So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
18 For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.
For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword;
21 Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.
During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;
22 At destruction and dearth thou shall laugh, nor shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;
23 For thou shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
24 And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.
And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;
25 Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
26 Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
