Job 5
1 But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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.
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver 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.
whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6 For labour can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19 Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21 He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24 Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25 And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
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 come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
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].
Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
