Job 5
1 Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
3 I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
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; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue 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.
The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
9 Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
10 He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
11 And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
12 He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
13 He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
14 They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were 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 person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
17 Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.
For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
19 He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands 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 you will not 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.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of 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 in your field, and the beasts of the field 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 in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
25 Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
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 your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
27 Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
