Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
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.
A Conservative Version
For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
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.
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
1 Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? 2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple. 3 I myself saw 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 children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
1 Samuel 18:8-9
And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and what is there more for him but the kingdom?
Job 18:4
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Psalm 14:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 75:4
I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.
Psalm 107:17
Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
Proverbs 12:16
The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death.
Romans 2:8
But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation,
2 Timothy 3:6
For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,