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!

Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

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].

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

3 I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.

I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

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.

Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

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 doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

6 But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.

For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

7 People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].

For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high 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).

Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

9 He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.

Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

10 He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.

Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.

11 He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).

To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.

12 He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.

Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

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.

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

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.

By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.

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.

And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

16 So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut 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.

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

18 He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.

For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

19 He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.

In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on 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 hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands 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.

When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, 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.

At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

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.

(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace 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 hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,

25 You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.

And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb 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 comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk 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!”

Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!