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 is any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth 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 eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth 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 cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth 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;
Who doeth great things and unsearchable; wonderful things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
To set on high those that are low: that those who 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 disappointeth 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 taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward 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 noon-day 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 saveth 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 hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth 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 correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
He will deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he redeemeth thee 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 Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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 thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou 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 thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [will be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed [will be] great, and thy 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.
Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.
