Job 5
1 Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?
But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
2 For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
3 I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
4 His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:
Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
5 Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
6 For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
For labour can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
7 Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
8 Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —
Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
9 Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
10 Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;
who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
11 Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
12 Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
13 Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
14 By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.
In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
15 But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
16 Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
17 Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
19 In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
20 In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword;
In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
21 During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;
He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
22 At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;
You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.
23 For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;
Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
25 And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
26 Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
And you shall come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.
27 Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do you reflect with yourself, if you have done anything [wrong].
