Job 5:1
Call{H7121}{(H8798)} now, if there be{H3426} any that will answer{H6030}{(H8802)} thee; and to which of the saints{H6918} wilt thou turn{H6437}{(H8799)}?
Job 5:2
For wrath{H3708} killeth{H2026}{(H8799)} the foolish man{H191}, and envy{H7068} slayeth{H4191}{(H8686)} the silly one{H6601}{(H8802)}.
Job 5:3
I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} the foolish{H191} taking root{H8327}{(H8688)}: but suddenly{H6597} I cursed{H5344}{(H8799)} his habitation{H5116}.
Job 5:4
His children{H1121} are far{H7368}{(H8799)} from safety{H3468}, and they are crushed{H1792}{(H8691)} in the gate{H8179}, neither is there any to deliver{H5337}{(H8688)} them.
Job 5:5
Whose harvest{H7105} the hungry{H7457} eateth up{H398}{(H8799)}, and taketh{H3947}{(H8799)} it even out{H413} of the thorns{H6791}, and the robber{H6782} swalloweth up{H7602}{(H8804)} their substance{H2428}.
Job 5:6
Although affliction{H205} cometh not forth{H3318}{(H8799)} of the dust{H6083}, neither doth trouble{H5999} spring out{H6779}{(H8799)} of the ground{H127};
Job 5:7
Yet man{H120} is born{H3205}{(H8795)} unto trouble{H5999}, as the sparks{H1121}{H7565} fly{H5774}{(H8800)} upward{H1361}{(H8686)}.
Job 5:8
I would seek{H199}{H1875}{(H8799)} unto God{H410}, and unto God{H430} would I commit{H7760}{(H8799)} my cause{H1700}:
Job 5:9
Which doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} great things{H1419} and unsearchable{H369}{H2714}; marvellous things{H6381}{(H8737)} without number{H4557}:
Job 5:10
Who giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} rain{H4306} upon{H6440} the earth{H776}, and sendeth{H7971}{(H8802)} waters{H4325} upon{H6440} the fields{H2351}:
Job 5:11
To set up{H7760}{(H8800)} on high{H4791} those that be low{H8217}; that those which mourn{H6937}{(H8802)} may be exalted{H7682}{(H8804)} to safety{H3468}.
Job 5:12
He disappointeth{H6565}{(H8688)} the devices{H4284} of the crafty{H6175}, so that their hands{H3027} cannot perform{H6213}{(H8799)} their enterprise{H8454}.
Job 5:13
He taketh{H3920}{(H8802)} the wise{H2450} in their own craftiness{H6193}: and the counsel{H6098} of the froward{H6617}{(H8737)} is carried headlong{H4116}{(H8737)}.
Job 5:14
They meet{H6298}{(H8762)} with darkness{H2822} in the daytime{H3119}, and grope{H4959}{(H8762)} in the noonday{H6672} as in the night{H3915}.
Job 5:15
But he saveth{H3467}{(H8686)} the poor{H34} from the sword{H2719}, from their mouth{H6310}, and from the hand{H3027} of the mighty{H2389}.
Job 5:16
So the poor{H1800} hath hope{H8615}, and iniquity{H5766} stoppeth{H7092}{(H8804)} her mouth{H6310}.
Job 5:17
Behold, happy{H835} is the man{H582} whom God{H433} correcteth{H3198}{(H8686)}: therefore despise{H3988}{(H8799)} not thou the chastening{H4148} of the Almighty{H7706}:
Job 5:18
For he maketh sore{H3510}{(H8686)}, and bindeth up{H2280}{(H8799)}: he woundeth{H4272}{(H8799)}, and his hands{H3027} make whole{H7495}{(H8799)}.
Job 5:19
He shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} thee in six{H8337} troubles{H6869}: yea, in seven{H7651} there shall no evil{H7451} touch{H5060}{(H8799)} thee.
Job 5:20
In famine{H7458} he shall redeem{H6299}{(H8804)} thee from death{H4194}: and in war{H4421} from the power{H3027} of the sword{H2719}.
Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hid{H2244}{(H8735)} from the scourge{H7752} of the tongue{H3956}: neither shalt thou be afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of destruction{H7701} when it cometh{H935}{(H8799)}.
Job 5:22
At destruction{H7701} and famine{H3720} thou shalt laugh{H7832}{(H8799)}: neither shalt thou be afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of the beasts{H2416} of the earth{H776}.
Job 5:23
For thou shalt be in league{H1285} with the stones{H68} of the field{H7704}: and the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} shall be at peace{H7999}{(H8717)} with thee.
Job 5:24
And thou shalt know{H3045}{(H8804)} that thy tabernacle{H168} shall be in peace{H7965}; and thou shalt visit{H6485}{(H8804)} thy habitation{H5116}, and shalt not sin{H2398}{(H8799)}.
Job 5:25
Thou shalt know{H3045}{(H8804)} also that thy seed{H2233} shall be great{H7227}, and thine offspring{H6631} as the grass{H6212} of the earth{H776}.
Job 5:26
Thou shalt come{H935}{(H8799)} to thy grave{H6913} in a full age{H3624}, like as a shock of corn{H1430} cometh in{H5927}{(H8800)} in his season{H6256}.
Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched{H2713}{(H8804)} it, so it is; hear{H8085}{(H8798)} it, and know{H3045}{(H8798)} thou it for thy good.