Job 5
1 Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
2 For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
3 I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 [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.
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
6 For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
9 Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:
11 To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 [But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the fraudulent is carried headlong.
14 By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
19 In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20 In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
You shall be hid from the whip of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn comes in in his season.
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
