Job 5
1 Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?
2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
3 I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
7 For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
8 But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
10 Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;
11 Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
15 And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
16 So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle 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.
During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou 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 at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;
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, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
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, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and 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 numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
26 Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
