Job 5
1 Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
2 For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
4 His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
[He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.
6 For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
7 But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;
I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;
Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
11 So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
15 But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
18 For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.
For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
