Job 5
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Job 5
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Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer? | Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? |
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion. | For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one. |
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house. | I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation. |
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause. | His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them: |
Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring. | Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance. |
For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth; | For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; |
But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire. | But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward. |
But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him: | But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause; |
Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number: | Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number: |
Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields: | Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields; |
Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place; | So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety. |
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. | He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. |
He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. | He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. |
In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night. | They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night. |
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong. | But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. |
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped. | So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth. |
Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all. | Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. |
For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well. | For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole. |
He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you. | He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. |
When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. | In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword. |
He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes. | Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. |
You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth. | At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. | For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. |
And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone. | And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing. |
You will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth. | Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth. |
You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time. | Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season. |
See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself. | Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good. |