Job 5
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
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, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is carried headlong.
Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
15 But he saveth 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 a strong hand,
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on you.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine He has redeemed you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not afraid of destruction, When it comes.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
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 sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been at peace with you.)
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of grain cometh in in his season.
You come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk 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 searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
