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| Job 5:1 | "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? | Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer? |
| Job 5:2 | For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple. | For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion. |
| Job 5:3 | I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his habitation. | I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house. |
| Job 5:4 | His children are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, | Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause. |
| Job 5:5 | Whose harvest the hungry eats up, Takes it even out of the thorns; The snare gapes for their substance. | Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring. |
| Job 5:6 | For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground; | For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth; |
| Job 5:7 | But man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward. | But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire. |
| Job 5:8 | "But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause; | But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him: |
| Job 5:9 | Who does great things that can't be fathomed, Marvelous things without number; | Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number: |
| Job 5:10 | Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields; | Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields: |
| Job 5:11 | So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety. | Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place; |
| Job 5:12 | He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise. | Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. |
| Job 5:13 | He takes the wise in their own craftiness; The counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. | He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. |
| Job 5:14 | They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night. | In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night. |
| Job 5:15 | But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. | But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong. |
| Job 5:16 | So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth. | So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped. |
| Job 5:17 | "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. | Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all. |
| Job 5:18 | For he wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole. | For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well. |
| Job 5:19 | He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you. | He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you. |
| Job 5:20 | In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the power of the sword. | When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. |
| Job 5:21 | You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, Neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. | He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes. |
| Job 5:22 | At destruction and dearth you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth. | You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth. |
| Job 5:23 | For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you. | For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. |
| Job 5:24 | You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing. | And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone. |
| Job 5:25 | You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth. | You will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth. |
| Job 5:26 | You shall come to your grave in a full age, Like a shock of grain comes in its season. | You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time. |
| Job 5:27 | Look this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know it for your good." | See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself. |
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