Job 5

1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

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

8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.

11 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

24 You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

25 You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

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

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

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

4 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 taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 Name me one; what matter if thou find one? And look around thee for any saint.

2 But wrath slayeth a foolish man, and zeal slayeth a foolish man.

3 I saw a fool rooted up, and I suddenly cursed his house.

4 His children shall be far from salvation, and shall be broken in the gate, because there shall be no saviour.

5 His harvest shall the hungry eat, and the armed shall take him, and his goods shall the thirsty drink.

6 For trouble cometh not out of the earth, neither doth mischief grow out of the field,

7 but man is born to misfortune, as the birds hover to soar.

8 But I will now speak of God and act from Him,

9 Who doeth great things that cannot be searched out, and wonders that cannot be numbered;

10 Who giveth rain upon the land, and causeth water to come upon the streets.

11 He that exalteth the lowly, and lifteth up the afflicted.

12 He bringeth to nought the devices of the crafty, that their hand may not execute them.

13 He fähet the wise in their craftiness, and overthroweth the counsel of the perverse,

14 That they may walk in darkness by day, and grope in the south as in the night;

15 And delivereth the poor from the sword, and from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty;

16 And the hope of the poor is, that wickedness shall shut her mouth.

17 Behold, blessed is the man whom God punisheth: therefore refuse not the chastening of the Almighty.

18 For he woundeth and bindeth up; he breaketh in pieces, and his hand healeth.

19 Out of six tribulations shall he deliver thee; and in the seventh no evil shall touch thee.

20 He shall deliver thee from death in tribulation, and from the hand of the sword in war.

21 He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue, that thou fear not destruction when it cometh.

22 In destruction and hunger thou shalt laugh, and shalt not be afraid of the wild beasts of the land,

23 But thy covenant shall be with the stones of the field, and the wild beasts of the earth shall keep peace with thee;

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is at peace; and thou shalt keep thy dwelling, and shalt not sin;

25 And thou shalt know that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy seed as the grass of the earth;

26 And thou shalt come to the grave in old age, as sheaves are brought in in their season.

27 Behold, we have searched it out, and it is so; obey it, and mark it.