Job 5
1 Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou 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, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
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 foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:
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, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
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, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —
[“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 Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
13 Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
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 encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high 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 But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.
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 Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
“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, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power 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 During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;
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, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou 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 the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;
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 thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;
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 thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up 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 Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
[“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!”
