Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
New American Standard Bible
And I
King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Holman Bible
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 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
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
2 For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one. 3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.
Deuteronomy 27:15-26
Cursed is the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Job 24:18
He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?
Psalm 69:25
Let their dwelling be wasted; let none dwell in their tents.
Psalm 73:3-9
For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Jeremiah 12:1-3
Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?
Acts 1:20
For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "Let his estate become forsaken, and he not be living in it." And, "Let another take his overseership."