Job 5
1 Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
3 I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
[He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.
6 For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
7 For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
8 But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
10 Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
11 Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
15 And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
16 So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt 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 shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
