Job 5:1
What does Job 5:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 5:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give 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?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
Context
v.1This passage
v.2For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 41:1
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
- Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Job 15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
- Psalms 106:16
They envied Moses also in the camp, AndAaron the saint of Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 33:2
And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
- Hebrews 12:1
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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