Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill.
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.
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 is answering thee; and to whom from the holy ones wilt thou turn? 2 For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill. 3 I saw the foolish one taking root, and suddenly I shall curse his habitation.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:1
And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.
1 Samuel 18:8-9
And it will kindle to Saul greatly, and this word will be evil in his eyes; and he will say, They gave to David ten thousands and to me they gave thousands, and yet to him but the kingdom.
Job 18:4
He rent his soul in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed from its place?
Psalm 14:1
To the overseer; of David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted, they made their; works abominable, none doing good.
Psalm 75:4
I said to the foolish, Ye shall not be foolish; and to the unjust, Ye shall not lift up the horn:
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man shall not know, and a fool shall not understand this.
Psalm 107:17
Being turned away from the way of their transgression, they will be humbled from their iniquities.
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long, ye simple, will ye love simplicity? and mockers delight to mock for them, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
Understand craftiness, ye simple: and ye foolish, understand the heart
Proverbs 12:16
The foolish one in the day shall make known his anger: but the prudent one covered dishonor.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Thou shalt not be hastened in thy spirit to be angry, for anger shall rest in the bosom of fools.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim will be as an enticed dove, not a heart: they called Egypt, they went to Assur.
Jonah 4:9
And God will say to Jonah, Was it well to kindle to thee for the gourd? And he will say, It was well to kindle to me, even to death.
Romans 2:8
But to them of intrigue, and are truly disobedient to the truth, and yielding to injustice, anger and wrath,
2 Timothy 3:6
For of these are they going into houses, and taking captive little women heaped up with sins, led away with various eager desires,