Job 5
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
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 crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
9 Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
10 Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
12 He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the fraudulent is carried headlong.
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.
15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
16 So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands 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 you will not be afraid of destruction 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 you will not be afraid of 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 in your field, and the beasts of the field 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 in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
25 You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass 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 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 your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
27 See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
