Job 5
1 Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
2 For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
3 I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
4 His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
His sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
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 eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6 For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
7 But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
8 I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9 Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
10 Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11 To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12 [But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13 Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
14 By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
15 But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
16 And so cometh to the indigent 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 admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
18 For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
19 In six distresses will he deliver thee; and 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 redeemeth 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 Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not 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 canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear 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 with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; 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 there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb 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 come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
