Job 5

1 Job 5:1 “Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 Job 5:2 “For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.

3 Job 5:3 “I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately.

4 Job 5:4 “His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

5 Job 5:5 “His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

6 Job 5:6 “For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

7 Job 5:7 For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.

8 Job 5:8 “But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God;

9 Job 5:9 Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.

10 Job 5:10 “He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields,

11 Job 5:11 So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

12 Job 5:12 “He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.

13 Job 5:13 “He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

14 Job 5:14 “By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night.

15 Job 5:15 “But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

16 Job 5:16 “So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

17 Job 5:17 “Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

18 Job 5:18 “For He inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal.

19 Job 5:19 “From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you.

20 Job 5:20 “In famine He will redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.

21 Job 5:21 “You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.

22 Job 5:22 “You will laugh at violence and famine, And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.

23 Job 5:23 “For you will be in league with the stones of the field, And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

24 Job 5:24 “You will know that your tent is secure, For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.

25 Job 5:25 “You will know also that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

26 Job 5:26 “You will come to the grave in full vigor, Like the stacking of grain in its season.

27 Job 5:27 “Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself.”