Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.
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.
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 Name me one else, if thou can find any: yea, look about thee upon any of the holy men. 2 As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant. 3 I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead."
1 Samuel 18:8-9
Then was Saul exceeding wroth and that saying displeased him, and he said, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousand, and to me but a thousand. And what more can he have, save the kingdom?"
Job 18:4
Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?
Psalm 14:1
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The fool hath said in his heart, "Tush, there is no God." They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings; there is none that doeth good, no not one.
Psalm 75:4
I said unto the fools, "Deal not so madly," and to the ungodly, "Set not up your horn.
Psalm 92:6
An unwise man will not know this, and a fool will not understand it -
Psalm 107:17
Foolish men were plagued for their offense, and because of their wickedness.
Proverbs 1:22-23
"O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
Take heed unto knowledge, O ye ignorant; be wise in heart, O ye fools.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool uttereth his wrath in all the haste, but a discreet man forgiveth wrong.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hastily angry in thy mind, for wrath resteth in the bosom of a fool.
Hosea 7:11
Ephraim is like a dove, that is beguiled, and hath no heart. Now call they upon the Egyptians, now go they to the Assyrians:
Jonah 4:9
And God said unto Jonah, "Art thou so angry for thy wild vine?" And he said, "I am angry a good, even unto the death."
Romans 2:8
But unto them that are rebellious, and disobey the truth, and follow iniquity, shall come indignation and wrath,
2 Timothy 3:6
For of this sort are they which enter into houses, and bring into bondage women laden with sin, which women are led of divers lusts,