Job 5:1-27 - Eliphaz's Response Continues

¹ "Call now, is there [anyone] answering you? And to which of [the] holy ones will you turn? ² For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple. ³ I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. ⁴ His children are far from deliverance, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer-- ⁵ whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth. ⁶ Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth. ⁷ But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.

⁸ "But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause. ⁹ [He] is doing great and {unsearchable} things, marvelous things {without number}-- ¹⁰ the one who is giving rain on [the] {surface of} [the] earth and is sending water on [the] {surface of} [the] fields, ¹¹ to set [the] lowly on high, and [those] mourning are lifted to safety. ¹² [He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success. ¹³ [He] is capturing [the] wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed. ¹⁴ In the daytime they meet [with] darkness, and they grope at noon as [in] the night. ¹⁵ And he saves from the sword of their mouth, {even} [the] poor from the hand of the strong. ¹⁶ So there is hope for the powerless, and wickedness shuts its mouth. ¹⁷ "Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai, ¹⁸ for he himself wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal. ¹⁹ {From} six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you. ²⁰ In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from [the] {power of} [the] sword. ²¹ From [the] scourge of [the] tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes. ²² At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and you shall not fear the wild animals of the earth. ²³ For your covenant [will be] with the stones of the field, and the wild animals of the field will be at peace with you. ²⁴ And you shall know that your tent [is] safe, and you will inspect your fold, and you shall not be missing [anything]. ²⁵ And you shall know that your offspring [are] many, and your descendants like the vegetation of the earth. ²⁶ You shall come in maturity to [the] grave, as the raising up of a stack of sheaves in its season.

²⁷ "Look, we have searched this out--it [is] true; hear it and know [it] {yourself}."