Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

King James Version

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Holman Bible

I have seen a fool taking root,
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

International Standard Version

"I myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived.

A Conservative Version

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

American Standard Version

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Amplified


“I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering],
But I cursed his dwelling immediately [for his destruction was certain].

Bible in Basic English

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

Darby Translation

I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Julia Smith Translation

I saw the foolish one taking root, and suddenly I shall curse his habitation.

King James 2000

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

Modern King James verseion

I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,

NET Bible

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

New Heart English Bible

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The Emphasized Bible

I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:

Webster

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

World English Bible

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Youngs Literal Translation

I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the foolish
אויל 
'eviyl 
Usage: 26

שׁרשׁ 
Sharash 
...root, root out
Usage: 8

but suddenly
פּתאם פּתאום 
Pith'owm 
Usage: 25

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

2 Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. 3 “I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.
4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.

Cross References

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.

Psalm 73:18-20

Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

"'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the LORD, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.'And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'

Job 24:18

"You say, 'Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

Psalm 69:25

May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.

Psalm 73:3-9

For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 92:7

that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever;

Jeremiah 12:1-3

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Acts 1:20

"For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "'May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it';and "'Let another take his office.'

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