Book of Job, Chapter 5
Job 5 NWT - New World TranslationChapter 5 of Job—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ “Call, please! Is there anyone answering you?
And to which one of the holy ones[a] will you turn? - ¶ For the foolish one vexation will kill,
And the one easily enticed envying will put to death. - ¶ I myself have seen the foolish one taking root,1
But suddenly I began to execrate his abiding place. - ¶ His sons remain far from salvation,2
And they are crushed in the gate without a deliverer. - ¶ What he harvests[b] the hungry one eats;
And even from butcher hooks[c] one takes it,
And a snare actually snaps at their means of maintenance.[d] - ¶ For not from mere dust does what is hurtful go forth,
And from mere ground trouble does not spring up. - ¶ For man[e] himself is born for trouble,
As the very sparks[f] fly upward. - ¶ However, I myself would apply to God,[g]
And to God[h] I would submit my cause,[i]3 - ¶ [To the] One doing great things unsearchable,[j]
Wonderful things without number;4 - ¶ [To] the One giving rain upon the surface of the earth5
And sending waters upon the open fields;6 - ¶ [To] the One putting those who are low on a high place,7
So that those who are sad are high up in salvation; - ¶ [To the] One frustrating the schemes of the shrewd,8
So that their hands do not work with effect; - ¶ [To the] One catching the wise in their own cunning,9
So that the counsel of astute ones is carried headlong;10 - ¶ They encounter darkness even by day,
And they grope about at midday as if at night;11 - ¶ And [to the] One saving from the sword out of their mouth,
And from the hand of the strong one, a poor one,12 - ¶ So that for the lowly one there comes to be hope,13
But unrighteousness actually shuts its mouth.14 - ¶ Look! Happy is the man[k] whom God[l] reproves;15
And the discipline of the Almighty do not you reject! - ¶ For he himself causes pain, but binds up [the wound];
He breaks to pieces, but his own hands do the healing. - ¶ In six distresses he will deliver you,16
And in seven nothing injurious will touch you.17 - ¶ During famine he will certainly redeem you from death,18
And during war from the power[m] of a sword. - ¶ From the whip of a tongue you will be hidden,19
And you will not be afraid of despoiling when it comes. - ¶ At despoiling and hunger you will laugh,
And of the wild beast of the earth you need not be afraid. - ¶ For with the stones of the field your covenant will be,
And the wild beast of the field himself will be made to live at peace with you.20 - ¶ And you will certainly know that peace itself is your tent,
And you will be bound to go and see your pasture ground, and you will miss nothing. - ¶ And you will certainly know that your offspring are many21
And your descendants like the vegetation of the earth.22 - ¶ You will come in vigor to the burial place,23
As when sheaves pile up in their time. - ¶ Look! This is what we have investigated. So is it.
Hear it, and you—know it for yourself.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ “Which one of the holy angels,” LXX.
- ^ Lit., “Which his harvest [is].”
- ^ Or, “even out of the thorns.”
- ^ “And thirsty ones do draw out their milk,” by a correction of M.
- ^ Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
- ^ Lit., “the sons of flame.”
- ^ Or, “the Divine One.” Heb., ʼEl; LXX, “Jehovah.”
- ^ “God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ, pl. of ʼElohʹah, to denote excellence and majesty; LXX, “Jehovah.”
- ^ Or, “suit.”
- ^ Lit., “and there is no searching [of them].”
- ^ Or, “mortal man,” as in 4:17. Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
- ^ “God.” Heb., ʼElohʹah.
- ^ Lit., “hands.”
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 37:35
- ^ Ps 109:13; 119:155
- ^ Lu 18:11
- ^ Ps 40:5; 72:18; Ro 11:33
- ^ Ps 65:9
- ^ Jb 26:8; Ps 147:8; Ac 14:17
- ^ Lu 1:52
- ^ Ne 4:15
- ^ 1Co 3:19
- ^ Ps 9:15
- ^ Jb 12:25; Pr 4:19
- ^ Ps 35:10
- ^ 1Sa 2:8
- ^ Ps 107:42
- ^ Ps 94:12
- ^ Ps 34:19
- ^ Pr 24:16
- ^ Ge 45:7
- ^ Pr 12:18; Jm 3:8
- ^ Le 26:6
- ^ Ps 112:2
- ^ Ps 72:16
- ^ De 34:7
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