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 now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
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].
Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
3 I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
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 shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
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 shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
6 But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not 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].
Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
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).
Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
9 He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
10 He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
11 He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
12 He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
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.
Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
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 shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday 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.
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
16 So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in 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.
Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
18 He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
19 He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not 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 shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand 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 he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity 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.
In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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.
But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence 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 tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
25 You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass 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 enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought 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 is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
