Job 5
1 “Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
“Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
2 For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
3 I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 His sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
6 For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
[“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
[It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
16 And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
18 For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on you.
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 In famine He has redeemed you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
21 When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not afraid of destruction, When it comes.
God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
22 At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been at peace with you.)
You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
24 And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
25 And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 You come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
27 Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
[“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
