Iyov 5
5
1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and to which of the Kedoshim (holy ones) wilt thou turn?
2For ka'as (anger) killeth the foolish man, and kinah (envy) slayeth the simple one.
3I have seen the fool taking shoresh (root), but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4His banim are far from yesha (safety, salvation), and they are crushed in the sha'ar (gate, before the public), neither is there any to deliver them.
5Whose katzir (harvest) the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even from among of the tzinnim (thorns), and the intriguer pants after their wealth.
6Although affliction springeth not forth of the aphar (dust), neither doth amal (trouble, tzoros) sprout out of the adamah;
7Yet adam is born unto amal (trouble, tzoros), even as sparks fly upward.
8I would seek El (G-d), and before Elohim would I lay my cause;
9Who doeth gedolot unsearchable, marvellous things without mispar;
10Who giveth matar upon eretz, and sendeth mayim upon the fields;
11To set up on high those that be the shefalim (the lowly ones); that those which mourn may be exalted to safety,
12Thwarting the machshevot of the arumim (crafty ones), so that their hands cannot accomplish tushiyyah (success).
13He taketh the chachamim in their own arum (craftiness), and the etzah of the wily is swiftly swept away.
14They meet with choshech in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the lailah,
15But He saveth the needy from the cherev of their mouth, and from the yad chazak.
16So the poor hath tikveh, and olatah (perversity, wickedness) stoppeth her mouth.
17Hinei, ashrei is the enosh whom Eloah correcteth; therefore despise not thou the musar (chastening) of Shaddai;
18For He woundeth, and bindeth up; He injureth, and His yadayim (hands) heal.
19He shall deliver thee in shesh tzoros; yea, in shivah there shall no rah touch thee.
20In ra'av (famine) He shall redeem thee from mavet; and in milchamah from the power of the cherev.
21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the leshon, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the chayyat ha'aretz.
23For thou shalt be in league with the avanim of the sadeh, and the chayyat sadeh shall be hashelemah (at peace) with thee.
24And thou shalt know that shalom shall be thy ohel; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and find nothing wanting.
25Thou shalt know also that thy zera shall be rav, and thine offspring as the esev ha'aretz.
26Thou shalt come to thy kever in a ripe age, like a shock of grain cometh in its season.
27Hinei zot, this we have searched out, so it is; hear it, and apply thou it for thy good.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Job 5
5
1“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of #ch. 15:15; Ps. 89:5, 7; Zech. 14:5the holy ones will you turn?
2Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
3 #
Jer. 12:2, 3; [Ps. 37:35, 36; 73:18-20] I have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4His children are #[Ps. 119:155] far from safety;
they are crushed in #ch. 29:7; Ps. 127:5; Prov. 22:22; [Josh. 20:4; Amos 5:12]; See Ruth 4:1the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
5The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns,#5:5 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
and the thirsty pant#5:5 Aquila, Symmachus, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew could be read as and the snare pants after his#5:5 Hebrew their wealth.
6For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7but man is #ch. 14:1; Gen. 3:17-19; Eccles. 2:23born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
8“As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
9who #ch. 9:10; [ch. 37:5; Ps. 40:5; 72:18; Rom. 11:33; Rev. 15:3] does great things and #ch. 9:10; 11:7; 34:24 unsearchable,
# [ch. 10:16] marvelous things without number:
10he gives #Ps. 65:9, 10; 147:8; Jer. 5:24; 14:22; Acts 14:17; [Ps. 104:10, 13; Matt. 5:45]rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
11he #1 Sam. 2:7; [Ps. 113:7]sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12He #[Neh. 4:15; Ps. 33:10; Isa. 8:10]frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13He #Cited 1 Cor. 3:19; [Ps. 9:15, 16]catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14They meet with darkness in the daytime
and #ch. 12:25; Deut. 28:29; [Isa. 59:10]grope at noonday as in the night.
15But he #Ps. 35:10saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
16So the poor have hope,
and #Ps. 107:42; [Ps. 63:11]injustice shuts her mouth.
17“Behold, #Ps. 94:12; [James 1:12] blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore #Prov. 3:11; Heb. 12:5; Rev. 3:19 despise not the discipline of the #Gen. 17:1Almighty.
18For he wounds, but he #Isa. 30:26; 61:1; Hos. 6:1 binds up;
he #[Deut. 32:39]shatters, but his hands heal.
19He will #Ps. 34:19; 91:3; 1 Cor. 10:13 deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no #Ps. 91:10evil#5:19 Or disaster shall touch you.
20 #
Ps. 33:19; 37:19 In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
21You shall be #[Ps. 31:20]hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear #[Isa. 11:8, 9; 35:9; 65:25; Ezek. 34:25; Hos. 2:18]the beasts of the earth.
23For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24You shall know that your #[ch. 21:9]tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25You shall know also that your #ch. 21:8; Ps. 112:2 offspring shall be many,
and your descendants as #Ps. 72:16the grass of the earth.
26You shall come to your grave in #[Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29; Prov. 9:11; 10:27]ripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
27Behold, this we have #[Ps. 111:2]searched out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for your good.”#5:27 Hebrew for yourself
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