Job 5

1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?

2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

6 For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,

7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

8 “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

9 who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvellous things without number;

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,

10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,

11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.

12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.

For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.

19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

At destruction and dearth thou shall laugh, nor shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

23 For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.

For thou shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

24 You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.

And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.

25 You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

26 You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

27 Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.