Job 5

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Job 5

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Call out if you please. Will anyone answer you?
Which of the holy ones^(A) will you turn to?

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For anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.^(B)

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

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His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate,^(C)
with no one to rescue them.

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The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.^(a)
The thirsty^(b) pant for his children’s wealth.

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For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

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But mankind is born for trouble^(D)
as surely as sparks fly upward.

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However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to Him.^(E)

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He does great^(F) and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.^(G)

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He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.^(H)

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He sets the lowly on high,
and mourners are lifted to safety.^(I)

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He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they^(c) achieve no success.

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He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.^(J)

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They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.^(K)

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He saves the needy from their sharp words^(d)^(L)
and from the clutches of the powerful.

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So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.^(M)

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See how happy the man is God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

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For He crushes but also binds up;
He strikes, but His hands also heal.^(N)

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He will rescue you from six calamities;
no harm will touch you in seven.

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In famine He will redeem you from death,
and in battle, from the power of the sword.^(O)

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You will be safe from slander^(e)
and not fear destruction when it comes.^(P)

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You will laugh at destruction and hunger
and not fear the animals of the earth.

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For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.^(Q)

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You will know that your tent is secure,^(R)
and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.

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You will also know that your offspring will be many
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

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You will approach the grave^(S) in full vigor,^(T)
as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.

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We have investigated this, and it is true!
Hear it and understand it for yourself.

Footnotes:

a. Job 5:5: Hb obscure

b. Job 5:5: Aq, Sym, Syr, Vg; MT reads snares

c. Job 5:12: Lit their hands

d. Job 5:15: Lit from the sword of their mouth; Ps 55:21; 59:7

e. Job 5:21: Lit be hidden from the whip of the tongue

Cross references:

A. Job 5:1: Job 15:15; Psalm 89:5-7; Daniel 4:17

B. Job 5:2: Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 14:18; Proverbs 19:19

C. Job 5:4: Job 31:21; Proverbs 22:22; Isaiah 29:21

D. Job 5:7: Job 4:8; Job 15:35; Isaiah 59:4

E. Job 5:8: Job 13:18; Job 23:4

F. Job 5:9: Job 9:10; Job 37:5; Psalm 71:19

G. Job 5:9: Job 42:5; Psalm 40:5; Psalm 72:18

H. Job 5:10: Job 36:27-28; Job 38:26-28; Jeremiah 14:22

I. Job 5:11: Psalm 113:6-7; Matthew 5:4

J. Job 5:13: Psalm 9:15-16; Isaiah 29:14; 1 Corinthians 3:19

K. Job 5:14: Deuteronomy 28:29; Job 12:25; Isaiah 59:10

L. Job 5:15: Psalm 55:21; Psalm 59:7

M. Job 5:16: Psalm 63:11; Psalm 107:42; Romans 3:19

N. Job 5:18: Deuteronomy 32:39

O. Job 5:20: Psalm 33:19; Psalm 37:19; Psalm 144:10

P. Job 5:21: Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 91:5

Q. Job 5:23: Psalm 91:12; Ezekiel 34:25

R. Job 5:24: Job 8:6; Job 12:6; Job 21:9

S. Job 5:26: Job 3:22; Job 10:19; Job 17:1

T. Job 5:26: Genesis 15:15; Genesis 25:8; Job 21:23