Job 5
1 But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
“Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
2 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
3 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
5 For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
6 For labour can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
[“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
9 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
13 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
[It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
18 for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
21 He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
22 You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.
You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
23 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
24 Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
25 And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 And you shall come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.
You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
27 Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do you reflect with yourself, if you have done anything [wrong].
[“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
