Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
New American Standard Bible
And jealousy kills the simple.
King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Holman Bible
and jealousy slays the gullible.
International Standard Version
For wrath will slay a fool; zealous anger will kill the naive.
American Standard Version
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Amplified
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Bible in Basic English
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
Darby Translation
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
Julia Smith Translation
For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill.
King James 2000
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.
Modern King James verseion
For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.
NET Bible
For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
New Heart English Bible
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
The Emphasized Bible
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
Webster
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
World English Bible
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
Youngs Literal Translation
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
1 Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn? 2 For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no sons, Rachel envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I die.
1 Samuel 18:8-9
And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands, and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Job 18:4
Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Psalm 14:1
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.
Psalm 75:4
I said to the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Psalm 107:17
Fools are afflicted because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities.
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Do thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
Romans 2:8
but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness--anger and wrath,
2 Timothy 3:6
for from these are those who creep into houses, and take captive petty women laden with sins, being led away by various impulses,