Job 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 fear calamity when it cometh.

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

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 tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty, thou shalt not sin.

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

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

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

Job 5

¹Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

²For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

³I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

⁴His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

⁶Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

⁷Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

⁸I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

⁹Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

¹⁰Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

¹¹To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

¹²He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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

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

¹⁵But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁶So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

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

¹⁹He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

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

²¹Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

²²At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou 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.

²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

²⁵Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

²⁶Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

²⁷Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.