Job 5

1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.

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

I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.

8 I would seek unto El, and unto Elohim would I commit my cause:

But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—

9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

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

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.

11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.

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

They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.

16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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

17 Behold, happy is the man whom Eloah correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.

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

For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.

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

You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.

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

See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”