Job 5
1 Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5 His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6 For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvellous things without number;
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19 In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, 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.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals 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 you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24 Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25 Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
