Job 5

1Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.

2For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

2Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.

3I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

3I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.

4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

4His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

5Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.

6For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

6Nothing upon earth is done without a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.

7For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

7Man is born to labour, and the bird to fly.

8But as for me I will seek untoGod, and untoGod commit my cause;

8Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:

9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

9Who doth great things, and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:

10Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;

10Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:

11Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

11Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.

12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:

13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

13Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:

14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.

15And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

15But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

16So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

16And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.

17Behold, happy is the man whomGod correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

17Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.

18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

18For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.

19He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

19In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.

20In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

20In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.

21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.

22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

22In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

23But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.

24And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty, thou shalt not sin.

25And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.

26Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

26Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.

27Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.

27Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.