Thematic Bible
Job 5:1 (show verse)
Cry out! Is there anyone to answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Job 5:2 (show verse)
To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.
Job 5:3 (show verse)
I have seen a stubborn fool take root and I quickly cursed his house.
Job 5:4 (show verse)
His children are far from help. They are crushed at the court of justice at the city gate. No one is there to rescue them.
Job 5:5 (show verse)
Hungry people eat what a stubborn fool gathers. They take it even from among the thorns. Thirsty people pant after his wealth.
Job 5:6 (show verse)
Affliction does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
Job 5:7 (show verse)
A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
Job 5:8 (show verse)
As for me, I would seek God's help and present my case to him.
Job 5:9 (show verse)
He does great things that we cannot understand and miracles that we cannot count.
Job 5:10 (show verse)
He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
Job 5:11 (show verse)
He sets on high the lowly people. He lifts those who mourn to safety.
Job 5:12 (show verse)
He keeps shrewd (crafty) (cunning) people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.
Job 5:13 (show verse)
He catches the wise with their own craftiness. The plans of schemers are quickly halted.
Job 5:14 (show verse)
They meet in darkness in the daytime! In bright sunlight they grope as if it were night.
Job 5:15 (show verse)
He saves people from the sword (slander) of their mouth. He saves the needy from the power of the mighty.
Job 5:16 (show verse)
The poor have hope when wrongdoing shuts its mouth.
Job 5:17 (show verse)
Blessed is the person whom God corrects. Do not despise discipline from the Almighty.
Job 5:18 (show verse)
God inflicts wounds and he bandages. He strikes but his hands make you well.
Job 5:19 (show verse)
He will keep you safe from six troubles, and when the seventh one comes, no harm will touch you:
Job 5:20 (show verse)
In famine he will save you from death, and in war he will save you from the sword.
Job 5:21 (show verse)
You will be protected from the sharp tongue and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.
Job 5:22 (show verse)
You will laugh at destruction and starvation. You will not be afraid of wild beasts.
Job 5:23 (show verse)
You will have a binding agreement with the stones in the field, and wild animals will be at peace with you.
Job 5:24 (show verse)
You will know peace in your tent. You will inspect your house and find nothing missing.
Job 5:25 (show verse)
You will find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth.
Job 5:26 (show verse)
You will come to your grave at a very old age like a stack of hay in its season.
Job 5:27 (show verse)
We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself.