Job 5
1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
6 For affliction does not come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
9 who does great things that cannot be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the fraudulent is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
You shall be hid from the whip of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
25 You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn comes in in his season.
27 Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
