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Job 5:Verse 2

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9Ecclesiastes 7:9Hosea 7:11Proverbs 12:16Psalms 75:4
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What Does Job 5:2 Mean?

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""Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple." Eliphaz pivots from the denial of a heavenly mediator to a proverbial warning about t..."

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American Standard Versionarrow_forwardASV

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

American King James Versionarrow_forwardAKJV

For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.

KJV with Apocryphaarrow_forwardKJVA

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

Bible in Basic Englisharrow_forwardBBE

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Young's Literal Translationarrow_forwardYLT

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

New Heart English Biblearrow_forwardNHEB

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

NHEB Messianic Editionarrow_forwardNHEBME

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

NHEB Jehovah Editionarrow_forwardNHEBJE

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

Darby Translationarrow_forwardDarby

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

Webster Biblearrow_forwardWebster

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

Geneva Bible 1599arrow_forwardGeneva1599

Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

Douay-Rheimsarrow_forwardDRC

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

Rotherham Biblearrow_forwardRotherham

For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.

Literal Translationarrow_forwardLITV

For vexation kills the fool, and passion puts to death the simple.

Modern King Jamesarrow_forwardMKJV

For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.

Updated King Jamesarrow_forwardUKJV

For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.

Lexham English Biblearrow_forwardLEB

For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill the simple.

Jewish Publication Societyarrow_forwardJPS

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

Catholic Public Domainarrow_forwardCPDV

Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.

Berean Study Biblearrow_forwardBSB

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Revised Websterarrow_forwardRWebster

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)arrow_forwardWycliffe

Wrathfulnesse sleeth `a fonned man, and enuye sleeth a litil child.

Noyes Translation (1869)arrow_forwardNoyes

Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.

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Ecclesiastes 7:9Ecclesiastes 7:9Hosea 7:11Proverbs 12:16Psalms 75:4Job 18:4Psalms 14:1Psalms 92:6Psalms 107:17Romans 2:8
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