Parallel Verses
King James 2000
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple 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.
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.
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 be any that will answer you; and to which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple 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 children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
1 Samuel 18:8-9
And Saul was very angry, 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
He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Psalm 14:1
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] 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 unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalm 92:6
A senseless man knows not; neither does a fool understand this.
Psalm 107:17
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
O you simple, understand wisdom: and, you fools, be of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool's wrath is at once known: but a prudent man covers shame.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without sense: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry about the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Romans 2:8
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
2 Timothy 3:6
For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts,