Job 5
1 “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!
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
3 I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 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.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
5 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.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
6 But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
8 [“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
9 He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
10 He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
11 He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
12 He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
13 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.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
14 [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.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
15 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.
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
17 “But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18 He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21 God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 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.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
23 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.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 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).
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
25 You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
26 You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
27 [“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!”
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
