Job 5
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
2 For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
6 Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
9 Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
10 Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
12 He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the fraudulent is carried headlong.
Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
21 You shall be hid from the whip of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
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 thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
24 And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
25 You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as 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.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
27 See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
