Job 5
1 Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
3 I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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.
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
6 For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
Although affliction comes not out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
Which does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields:
11 And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.
He dissapoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is carried headlong.
14 They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
17 Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.
For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20 In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power 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 shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.
At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of 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 shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall 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.
And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
25 Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as 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 shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of corn comes in in his season.
27 Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
