Job 5

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

Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?

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

Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

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

I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,

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

His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.

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

The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.

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

For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.

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

But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.

8 I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:

But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

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

Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.

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

He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,

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

And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.

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

He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.

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

He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

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

They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.

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

But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,

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

So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

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

Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

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

For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.

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

He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.

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

In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.

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

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.

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

But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast 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 the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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

And thou shalt knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne.

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

Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.

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

Thou shalt goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne.

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

Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.