Job, 5

1. Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

1. Call then, but who will answer you? Who of the Saints will you turn to?

2. For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

2. Resentment kills the fool, and anger slays the simple.

3. I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

3. I have seen a fool taking root when suddenly his household collapsed.

4. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].

4. His sons went about without security, crushed in court without a defender.

5. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

5. The hungry consumed his harvest and carried it to a hiding place; his surplus was taken away, the thirsty hankered after his wealth.

6. Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

6. For affliction comes not from the earth, nor does sorrow sprout from the ground;

7. Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

7. but it is man who carries about trouble, as an eagle in the heights brings down lightning flash.

8. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

8. If I were you, I would appeal to God and lay before him my case,

9. Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

9. for wonders are past all reckoning, his miracles beyond all counting.

10. Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

10. He pours rain down on the earth and sends water upon the fields.

11. To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

11. He sets the lowly on high, turns grief into joy.

12. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.

12. He wrecks the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

13. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

13. He traps the clever in their devices and puts an end to the schemes of the wily.

14. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

14. Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; they grope at noon as in the night.

15. But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

15. He rescues the despoiled from the despoiler, the weak from the hands of the violent.

16. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

16. Thus hope comes to the lowly, and injustice shuts its mouth.

17. Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

17. Blessed is the man whom God corrects; reject not, therefore, the lessons of the Almighty,

18. For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

18. He cures the wounds he has inflicted; he strikes but he also heals.

19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

19. From six troubles he will rescue you; at the seventh no harm will touch you.

20. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

20. In famine he saves you from death; in war, from the threat of the sword.

21. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

21. You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and have no dread of marauding bands.

22. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

22. You will laugh at destruction and want; and have no fear of the wild animals.

23. For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

23. No more stones in your fields, the soil will serve you, and wild animals be at peace with you.

24. And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

24. You will find your tent secure, your household untouched when you come home.

25. Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

25. You will have children in plenty and descendants like the grass of the hills.

26. Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

26. You will come to the grave in a ripe age, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

27. Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

27. This we have examined and found true. This we have heard, and you should know.