Parallel Verses
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.
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
1
Call now, if there shall be anyone to answer thee; and if there shall be any of the saints for thee to look unto?
2
And jealousy kills the simple.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she gave Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said unto Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.
1 Samuel 18:8-9
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands; and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Job 18:4
O thou that dost tear thy soul in thine anger; shall the earth be forsaken because of thee and shall the rocks be removed out of their 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 no one that does good.
Psalm 75:4
I said unto the fools, Do not deal foolishly and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:
Psalm 92:6
A carnal man does not know, neither does a fool understand this:
Psalm 107:17
The fools, because of the way of their rebellion, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand prudence; and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool's wrath is presently known, but he who covers the injury is sane.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim also was like a deceived dove, without understanding; they shall call to Egypt, they shall go to Assyria.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Art thou so angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Romans 2:8
but unto those that are contentious and do not obey the truth, but are persuaded by unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.
2 Timothy 3:6
For of this sort are those who creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts,