Job 5
1 Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace 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 knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne.
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne.
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
