Job 5
1 Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
