| Job 5:1 |
Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? / And to which of the holy ones will you turn? |
| Job 5:2 |
Surely vexation slays the fool, / And jealousy kills the simpleton. |
| Job 5:3 |
I have seen the fool taking root, / But suddenly I cursed his habitation. |
| Job 5:4 |
His children are far from safety, / And they are crushed in the gate; and there is no one to deliver [them.] |
| Job 5:5 |
The hungry eat his harvest / And even take [it] out from the thorns, / And the thirsty pant after his wealth. |
| Job 5:6 |
For evil does not come forth from the dust, / Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground. |
| Job 5:7 |
But man is born unto trouble, / Just as sparks fly upward. |
| Job 5:8 |
But as for me, I would seek after God, / And I would commit my cause to God, |
| Job 5:9 |
Who does great things that cannot be searched, / Wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered; |
| Job 5:10 |
Who gives rain upon the surface of the earth / And sends water upon the surface of the fields; |
| Job 5:11 |
Who sets on high those who are lowly / And puts those who mourn safely above [all.] |
| Job 5:12 |
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, / So that their hands achieve no enterprise. |
| Job 5:13 |
He seizes the wise in their own craftiness, / And the counsel of the wily is brought to a sudden end. |
| Job 5:14 |
By day they encounter darkness, / And at noon they grope about as in the night. |
| Job 5:15 |
But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, / From the hand of the strong. |
| Job 5:16 |
Thus the poor have hope, / And Injustice stops her mouth. |
| Job 5:17 |
Indeed, blessed is the man whom God corrects; / Therefore do not reject the chastening of the Almighty. |
| Job 5:18 |
For He wounds, but He binds up; / He strikes, but His hands heal. |
| Job 5:19 |
In six troubles He will deliver you; / Indeed in seven no evil will touch you. |
| Job 5:20 |
In famine He will redeem you from death, / And in battle, from the power of the sword. |
| Job 5:21 |
From the scourge of the tongue you will be hidden, / And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes. |
| Job 5:22 |
At destruction and at famine you will laugh, / And you will not be afraid of the animals of the earth. |
| Job 5:23 |
For you will be in an alliance with the stones of the field, / And the animals of the field will be at peace with you. |
| Job 5:24 |
And you will know that your tent is at peace, / And you will inspect your fold and miss nothing. |
| Job 5:25 |
And you will know that your seed will be great, / And your offspring like the grass of the earth. |
| Job 5:26 |
You will come to the grave at a ripe old age, / Like a shock of grain coming up in its season. |
| Job 5:27 |
This is it. We have searched it out; it is so. / Hear then and know it for yourself. |