Job 5
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the fraudulent is carried headlong.
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 You shall be hid from the whip of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn comes in in his season.
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
