Job 5
1 Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?
2 Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
3 I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
4 His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:
5 His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
7 Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
8 I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;
11 Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
12 Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
13 Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
15 So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
18 For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
19 In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword;
21 Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;
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, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
24 Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;
25 Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
27 Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
