Job 5
1 Call if you want, but who is going to answer you? Which angel are you going to turn to?
Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?
2 Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
3 I have seen a fool growing strong, but I immediately cursed his house.
I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
4 His sons are never safe; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:
5 The hungry eat everything he has harvested, taking even that protected by a thorn hedge, while others look to steal his wealth.
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 doesn't come from the dust; neither does trouble grow from the earth.
For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
7 But human beings are born for trouble just as certainly as sparks from a fire fly upwards.
Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
8 If it were me, I would go to God and put my case before him.
Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —
9 He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;
11 He exalts the humble, and rescues those who mourn.
Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
12 He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
13 He traps the wise in their own clever thinking, and the schemes of twisted people are cut short.
Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
14 In the daytime they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
15 But God is the one who saves from their cutting remarks, and the poor from the actions of the powerful.
But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
16 As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
17 See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
18 For he causes pain but he provides relief; he wounds but his hands heal.
For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
19 He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
20 In times of famine he will rescue you from death, and in times of war he will save you from the power of the sword.
In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword;
21 You will be protected from sharp-tongued slander; and when violence comes you will not be afraid.
During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;
22 You will laugh at violence and famine; you won't be afraid of wild animals—
At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;
23 for you will be at peace with the stones of the field and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
24 You will be certain that your home is safe, for you will go to where you live and find nothing missing.
And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;
25 You will also be sure that you will have many children; your descendants will be like the grass of the earth.
And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
26 You will live to a ripe old age like a sheaf of grain when it is harvested.
Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
27 Look, we've examined it, and it's true! Listen to what I'm saying and apply it to yourself!”
Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
