Job 5
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
Call if you want, but who is going to answer you? Which angel are you going to turn to?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
I have seen a fool growing strong, but I immediately cursed his house.
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
His sons are never safe; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
The hungry eat everything he has harvested, taking even that protected by a thorn hedge, while others look to steal his wealth.
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
For evil doesn't come from the dust; neither does trouble grow from the earth.
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
But human beings are born for trouble just as certainly as sparks from a fire fly upwards.
8 Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
If it were me, I would go to God and put my case before him.
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
He exalts the humble, and rescues those who mourn.
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
He traps the wise in their own clever thinking, and the schemes of twisted people are cut short.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
In the daytime they're in the dark, and they stumble around at noon like it's night.
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
But God is the one who saves from their cutting remarks, and the poor from the actions of the powerful.
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
As a result those who are helpless have hope, and the wicked have to shut their mouths!
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
For he causes pain but he provides relief; he wounds but his hands heal.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
In times of famine he will rescue you from death, and in times of war he will save you from the power of the sword.
21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
You will be protected from sharp-tongued slander; and when violence comes you will not be afraid.
22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
You will laugh at violence and famine; you won't be afraid of wild animals—
23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
for you will be at peace with the stones of the field and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
You will be certain that your home is safe, for you will go to where you live and find nothing missing.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
You will also be sure that you will have many children; your descendants will be like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
You will live to a ripe old age like a sheaf of grain when it is harvested.
27 Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Look, we've examined it, and it's true! Listen to what I'm saying and apply it to yourself!”
