Job 5

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

1Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

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

2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

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

3I--I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

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

4Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

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

5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

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

6For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

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

7For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

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

8Yet I--I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

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

9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

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

10Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.

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

11To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high <FI>in<Fi> safety.

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

12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

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

13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

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

14By day they meet darkness, And as night--they grope at noon.

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

15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

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

16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

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

17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

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

18For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

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

19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.

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

20In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

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

21When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

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

22At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

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

23(For with sons of the field <FI>is<Fi> thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been 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 hast known that thy tent <FI>is<Fi> peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,

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

25And hast known that numerous <FI>is<Fi> Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb 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 comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

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

27Lo, this--we searched it out--it <FI>is<Fi> right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!