Job 5
1 Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?
Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
2 For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
4 His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
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 doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6 For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,
For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
8 But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,
Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
10 who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
16 So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
18 For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.
For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
21 Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.
When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not 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 thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not 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 sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
24 And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.
And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
25 Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
26 Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
