Job 5
1 Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
2 Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
3 I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
4 His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.
5 His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
6 For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
7 Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
8 I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
11 Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
12 Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.
13 Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
15 So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
18 For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.
19 In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
21 Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
And thou shalt knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne.
25 Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
Thou shalt goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne.
27 Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.
