Thematic Bible

Job 5:1

"Call now, is there [anyone] answering you? And to which of [the] holy ones will you turn?

Job 5:2

For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.

Job 5:3

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

Job 5:4

His children are far from deliverance, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer--

Job 5:5

whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth.

Job 5:6

Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

Job 5:7

But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.

Job 5:8

"But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.

Job 5:9

[He] is doing great and {unsearchable} things, marvelous things {without number}--

Job 5:10

the one who is giving rain on [the] {surface of} [the] earth and is sending water on [the] {surface of} [the] fields,

Job 5:11

to set [the] lowly on high, and [those] mourning are lifted to safety.

Job 5:12

[He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success.

Job 5:13

[He] is capturing [the] wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed.

Job 5:14

In the daytime they meet [with] darkness, and they grope at noon as [in] the night.

Job 5:15

And he saves from the sword of their mouth, {even} [the] poor from the hand of the strong.

Job 5:16

So there is hope for the powerless, and wickedness shuts its mouth.

Job 5:17

"Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,

Job 5:18

for he himself wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.

Job 5:19

{From} six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you.

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from [the] {power of} [the] sword.

Job 5:21

From [the] scourge of [the] tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Job 5:22

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and you shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.

Job 5:23

For your covenant [will be] with the stones of the field, and the wild animals of the field will be at peace with you.

Job 5:24

And you shall know that your tent [is] safe, and you will inspect your fold, and you shall not be missing [anything].

Job 5:25

And you shall know that your offspring [are] many, and your descendants like the vegetation of the earth.

Job 5:26

You shall come in maturity to [the] grave, as the raising up of a stack of sheaves in its season.

Job 5:27

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