Book of Job, Chapter 5
Job 5 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 5 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ “Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the 1holy ones will you turn? - “For 2anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple. - “I have seen the 3foolish taking root,
And I 4cursed his abode immediately. - “His 5sons are far from safety,
They are even [a]oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer. - “[b]His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the [c]6schemer is eager for their wealth. - “For 7affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground, - For 8man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward. - ¶ “But as for me, I would 9seek God,
And I would place my cause before God; - Who 10does great and unsearchable things,
[d]Wonders without number. - “He 11gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields, - So that 12He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety. - “He 13frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success. - “He 14captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted. - “By day they 15meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night. - “But He saves from 16the sword of their mouth,
And 17the poor from the hand of the mighty. - “So the helpless has hope,
And 18unrighteousness must shut its mouth. - ¶ “Behold, how 19happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the 20discipline of [e]the Almighty. - “For 21He inflicts pain, and [f]gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal. - “[g]From six troubles 22He will deliver you,
Even in seven 23evil will not touch you. - “In 24famine He will redeem you from death,
And 25in war from the power of the sword. - “You will be 26hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
27And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes. - “You will 28laugh at violence and famine,
29And you will not be afraid of [h]wild beasts. - “For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And 30the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. - “You will know that your 31tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss. - “You will know also that your [i]32descendants will be many,
And 33your offspring as the grass of the earth. - “You will 34come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season. - “Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit crushed
- ^ Lit Whose
- ^ Ancient versions read thirsty
- ^ Or Miracles
- ^ Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6
- ^ Lit binds
- ^ Lit In
- ^ Lit beasts of the earth
- ^ Lit seed
REFERENCES
- ^ Jb 15:15
- ^ Pr 12:16; 27:3
- ^ Je 12:2
- ^ Jb 24:18; 31:30
- ^ Jb 4:11
- ^ Jb 18:8-10; 22:10
- ^ Jb 15:35
- ^ Jb 14:1
- ^ Jb 13:2, 3; Ps 50:15
- ^ Jb 9:10; 37:14, 16; 42:3
- ^ Jb 36:27-29; 37:6-11; 38:26
- ^ Jb 22:29; 36:7
- ^ Ps 33:10
- ^ Jb 37:24; 1Co 3:19
- ^ Jb 12:25; 15:30; 18:18; 20:26; 24:13
- ^ Jb 4:10, 11; Ps 35:10
- ^ Jb 29:17; 34:28; 36:6, 15; 38:15
- ^ Ps 107:42
- ^ Ps 94:12
- ^ Jb 36:15, 16; Pr 3:11; Heb 12:5-11; Jm 1:12
- ^ De 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; Is 30:26; Ho 6:1
- ^ Ps 34:19
- ^ Ps 91:10
- ^ Ps 33:19; 37:19
- ^ Ps 144:10
- ^ Jb 5:15; Ps 31:20
- ^ Ps 91:5, 6
- ^ Jb 8:21
- ^ Ps 91:13; Eze 34:25; Ho 2:18
- ^ Is 11:6-9; 65:25
- ^ Jb 8:6
- ^ Ps 112:2
- ^ Is 44:3, 4; 48:19
- ^ Jb 42:17
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