Job 5
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Cross-references
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- 1Job 15:15, Job 4:18, Job 15:8–10, Isa 41:21–23, Isa 41:1, Heb 12:1, Eph 1:1, Deu 33:2–3
- 2Ecc 7:9, Psa 92:6, Pro 12:16, Psa 75:4, Rom 2:8, Psa 107:17, Job 18:4, 1Sa 18:8–9
- 3Psa 73:18–20, Psa 92:7, Psa 69:25, Job 24:18, Psa 73:3–9, Act 1:20, Jer 12:1–3, Job 27:8
- 4Psa 127:5, Psa 119:155, Job 18:16–19, Job 10:7, Psa 7:2, Job 27:14, Exo 20:5, Job 8:4
- 5Lam 2:16, Hos 8:7, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:34, Job 18:8–10, Jdg 6:3–6, 2Ch 33:11, Jdg 6:11
- 6Isa 45:7, 1Sa 6:9, Psa 90:7, Job 34:29, Lam 3:38, Amo 3:6, Hos 10:4, Deu 32:27
- 7Job 14:1, Gen 3:17–19, Ecc 5:15–17, 1Co 10:13, Ecc 2:22, Ecc 1:8, Psa 90:8–9
- 8Psa 50:15, Psa 37:5, Job 22:21, 2Ch 33:12–13, 1Pe 4:19, 2Ti 1:12, Job 22:27, Job 8:5
- 9Psa 40:5, Job 9:10, Psa 86:10, Psa 72:18, Job 11:7–9, Job 37:5, Rom 11:33, Isa 40:28
- 10Jer 5:24, Act 14:17, Jer 14:22, Psa 65:9–11, Psa 147:8, Job 28:26, Jer 10:13, Job 38:26–28
- 11Psa 113:7, Luk 1:52–53, Luk 6:21, 1Sa 2:7–8, Psa 107:41, Deu 33:27, Jas 4:6–10, Psa 91:14
- 12Psa 33:10–11, Psa 21:11, Isa 8:10, Pro 21:30, Psa 37:17, Isa 37:36, Act 12:11, Neh 4:15
- 13Psa 9:15–16, 1Co 3:19, Luk 1:51, Psa 7:15–16, 1Co 1:19–20, Est 9:25, Psa 18:26, Psa 35:7–8
- 14Job 12:25, Deu 28:29, Isa 59:10, Pro 4:19, Amo 8:9
- 15Psa 35:10, Psa 140:12, Psa 109:31, Job 4:10, Psa 10:17, Psa 72:4, Psa 107:41, Psa 10:14
- 16Psa 107:42, 1Sa 2:8–9, Psa 63:11, Isa 14:32, Exo 11:7, Rom 3:19, Zec 9:12, Psa 9:18
- 17Jas 1:12, Psa 94:12, Pro 3:11–12, Rev 3:19, Jas 5:11, Heb 12:5–11, Jer 31:18
- 18Hos 6:1, Deu 32:39, Psa 147:3, Isa 30:26, 1Sa 2:6
- 19Psa 34:19, 1Co 10:13, Psa 91:3–10, Pro 24:16, 2Pe 2:9, 2Co 1:8
- 20Psa 33:19, Hos 13:14, Psa 37:19, Gen 45:7, Pro 10:3, 1Ki 17:6, Hab 3:17, Psa 27:3
- 21Psa 31:20, Psa 91:5–7, Pro 12:18, Psa 55:21, Jer 18:18, Psa 57:4, Isa 54:17, Jas 3:5–8
- 22Ezk 34:25, Isa 35:9, Psa 91:13, Hos 2:18, Isa 65:25
- 23Lev 26:6, Dan 6:22, Psa 91:12–13, Isa 11:6–9, Hos 2:18, Ezk 14:15–16, Rom 8:38–39
- 24Psa 121:7–8, Psa 91:10, Job 8:6, Isa 4:5–6, Deu 28:6, Job 18:6, Job 18:21, Psa 107:4
- 25Psa 112:2, Psa 72:16, Deu 28:4, Job 42:13–16, Gen 15:5, Lev 26:9, Psa 128:3–6, Psa 127:3–5
- 26Pro 9:11, Job 42:16–17, Psa 91:16, Gen 15:15, Pro 10:27, Gen 25:8
- 27Psa 111:2, Pro 9:12, Job 32:11–12, Pro 2:3–5, Deu 10:13, Job 15:17, Job 12:2, Job 15:9–10
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Anger, Blessing, Chastisement, Children, Eliphaz, Envy, Faith, Famine, Fear, God, Happiness, Holiness, Humility, Job, Longevity, Old Age, Peace, Philosophy, Poor, Power, Presumption, Quotations and Allusions, Resignation, Righteous, Scourging, Seekers, Sin, Slander, Wicked (People), Wisdom