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World English Bible

Job 5 (WEBP)

[1] “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
[2] For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
[3] I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
[4] His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
[5] whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
[6] For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
[7] but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
[8] “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
[9] who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
[10] who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
[11] so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
[12] He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
[13] He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
[14] They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
[15] But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
[16] So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
[17] “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
[18] For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
[19] He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
[20] In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
[21] You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
[22] You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
[23] For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
[24] You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
[25] You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
[26] You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
[27] Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

Job 5:25 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 5 (KJVS)

[1] Call () now, if there be any that will answer () thee; And to which of the saints wilt thou turn? ()
[2] For wrath killeth () the foolish man, And envy slayeth () the silly one. ()
[3] I have seen () the foolish taking root: () But suddenly I cursed () his habitation.
[4] His children are far () from safety, And they are crushed () in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver () them.
[5] Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, () And taketh () it even out of the thorns, And the robber swalloweth up () their substance.
[6] Although affliction cometh not forth () of the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out () of the ground;
[7] Yet man is born () unto trouble, As the sparks fly () upward. ()
[8] I would seek () unto God, And unto God would I commit () my cause:
[9] Which doeth () great things and unsearchable; Marvellous things () without number:
[10] Who giveth () rain upon the earth, And sendeth () waters upon the fields:
[11] To set up () on high those that be low; That those which mourn () may be exalted () to safety.
[12] He disappointeth () the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform () their enterprise.
[13] He taketh () the wise in their own craftiness: And the counsel of the froward () is carried headlong. ()
[14] They meet () with darkness in the daytime, And grope () in the noonday as in the night.
[15] But he saveth () the poor from the sword, from their mouth, And from the hand of the mighty.
[16] So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth () her mouth.
[17] Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: () Therefore despise () not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
[18] For he maketh sore, () and bindeth up: () He woundeth, () and his hands make whole. ()
[19] He shall deliver () thee in six troubles: Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch () thee.
[20] In famine he shall redeem () thee from death: And in war from the power of the sword.
[21] Thou shalt be hid () from the scourge of the tongue: Neither shalt thou be afraid () of destruction when it cometh. ()
[22] At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: () Neither shalt thou be afraid () of the beasts of the earth.
[23] For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: And the beasts of the field shall be at peace () with thee.
[24] And thou shalt know () that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; And thou shalt visit () thy habitation, and shalt not sin. ()
[25] Thou shalt know () also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
[26] Thou shalt come () to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in () in his season.
[27] Lo this, we have searched () it, so it is; Hear () it, and know () thou it for thy good.

Job 5:1 Or, look
Job 5:2 Or, indignation
Job 5:6 Or, iniquity
Job 5:7a Or, labour
Job 5:7b Heb. the sons of the burning coal, lift up to fly
Job 5:9a Heb. and there is no search
Job 5:9b Heb. till there be no number
Job 5:10 Heb. outplaces
Job 5:12 Or, cannot perform anything
Job 5:14 Or, run into
Job 5:20 Heb. from the hands
Job 5:21 Or, when the tongue scourgeth
Job 5:24a Or, peace is thy tabernacle
Job 5:24b Or, err
Job 5:25 Or, much
Job 5:26 Heb. ascendeth
Job 5:27 Heb. for thyself

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 5 (BYZ)

[1] επικαλεσαι δε ει τις σοι υπακουσεται η ει τινα αγγελων αγιων οψη
[2] και γαρ αφρονα αναιρει οργη πεπλανημενον δε θανατοι ζηλος
[3] εγω δε εωρακα αφρονας ριζαν βαλλοντας αλλ ευθεως εβρωθη αυτων η διαιτα
[4] πορρω γενοιντο οι υιοι αυτων απο σωτηριας κολαβρισθειησαν δε επι θυραις ησσονων και ουκ εσται ο εξαιρουμενος
[5] α γαρ εκεινοι συνηγαγον δικαιοι εδονται αυτοι δε εκ κακων ουκ εξαιρετοι εσονται εκσιφωνισθειη αυτων η ισχυς
[6] ου γαρ μη εξελθη εκ της γης κοπος ουδε εξ ορεων αναβλαστησει πονος
[7] αλλα ανθρωπος γενναται κοπω νεοσσοι δε γυπος τα υψηλα πετονται
[8] ου μην δε αλλα εγω δεηθησομαι κυριου κυριον δε τον παντων δεσποτην επικαλεσομαι
[9] τον ποιουντα μεγαλα και ανεξιχνιαστα ενδοξα τε και εξαισια ων ουκ εστιν αριθμος
[10] τον διδοντα υετον επι την γην αποστελλοντα υδωρ επι την υπ ουρανον
[11] τον ποιουντα ταπεινους εις υψος και απολωλοτας εξεγειροντα
[12] διαλλασσοντα βουλας πανουργων και ου μη ποιησουσιν αι χειρες αυτων αληθες
[13] ο καταλαμβανων σοφους εν τη φρονησει βουλην δε πολυπλοκων εξεστησεν
[14] ημερας συναντησεται αυτοις σκοτος το δε μεσημβρινον ψηλαφησαισαν ισα νυκτι
[15] απολοιντο δε εν πολεμω αδυνατος δε εξελθοι εκ χειρος δυναστου
[16] ειη δε αδυνατω ελπις αδικου δε στομα εμφραχθειη
[17] μακαριος δε ανθρωπος ον ηλεγξεν ο κυριος νουθετημα δε παντοκρατορος μη απαναινου
[18] αυτος γαρ αλγειν ποιει και παλιν αποκαθιστησιν επαισεν και αι χειρες αυτου ιασαντο
[19] εξακις εξ αναγκων σε εξελειται εν δε τω εβδομω ου μη αψηται σου κακον
[20] εν λιμω ρυσεται σε εκ θανατου εν πολεμω δε εκ χειρος σιδηρου λυσει σε
[21] απο μαστιγος γλωσσης σε κρυψει και ου μη φοβηθης απο κακων ερχομενων
[22] αδικων και ανομων καταγελαση απο δε θηριων αγριων ου μη φοβηθης
[23] θηρες γαρ αγριοι ειρηνευσουσιν σοι
[24] ειτα γνωση οτι ειρηνευσει σου ο οικος η δε διαιτα της σκηνης σου ου μη αμαρτη
[25] γνωση δε οτι πολυ το σπερμα σου τα δε τεκνα σου εσται ωσπερ το παμβοτανον του αγρου
[26] ελευση δε εν ταφω ωσπερ σιτος ωριμος κατα καιρον θεριζομενος η ωσπερ θιμωνια αλωνος καθ ωραν συγκομισθεισα
[27] ιδου ταυτα ουτως εξιχνιασαμεν ταυτα εστιν α ακηκοαμεν συ δε γνωθι σεαυτω ει τι επραξας

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.