Job 5
5
1Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
3I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
4Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
7For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
8Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
10Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
14By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
18For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
20In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
21When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
22At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
23(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
24And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
25And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
26Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
27Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
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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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