Job 5

1 Call, I pray thee—is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn?

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

2 For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.

For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.

3 I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:

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

4 His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:

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

5 Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

6 For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust, —nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble.

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

7 Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,

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

8 Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: —

But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

9 Who doeth great things, beyond all search, —Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted;

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

10 Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;

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

11 Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;

So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.

12 Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;

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

13 Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:

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

14 By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.

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

15 But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.

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

16 Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.

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

17 Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;

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

18 For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.

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

19 In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:

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

20 In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword;

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

21 During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;

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

22 At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;

At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

23 For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;

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 And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;

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

25 And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.

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

26 Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.

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

27 Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.

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