Job 5 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 5

Call out

if you please,

but who will answer?

To

which

of the holy ones

will you turn?

For

resentment

kills

a fool,

and envy

slays

the simple.

I

have seen

a fool

taking root,

but suddenly

his house

was cursed.

His sons

are far

from safety,

crushed

in court

without

a defender.

The hungry

consume

his harvest,

taking it even

from the thorns;

and the thirsty

pant

after his wealth.

For

distress

does not

spring

from the dust,

and trouble

does not

sprout

from the ground.

Yet

man

is born

to trouble

as surely as sparks

fly

upward.

However,

if I were you,

I would appeal

to

God

and lay

my cause

before

Him

who does

great

and

unsearchable things,

wonders

without

number.

He gives

rain

to

the earth

and sends

water

upon

the fields.

He sets

the lowly

on high,

so that mourners

are lifted

to safety.

He thwarts

the schemes

of the crafty,

so that their hands

find

no

success.

He catches

the wise

in their craftiness,

and sweeps away

the plans

of the cunning.

They encounter

darkness

by day

and grope

at noon

as in the night.

He saves

the needy

from the sword

in their mouth

and from the clutches

of the powerful.

So the poor

have

hope,

and injustice

shuts

its mouth.

Blessed

indeed

is the man

whom God

corrects;

so do not

despise

the discipline

of the Almighty.

For

He

wounds,

but also binds;

He strikes,

but His hands

also heal.

He will rescue

you from six

calamities;

no

harm

will touch

you

in seven.

In famine

He will redeem you

from death,

and in battle

from the stroke

of the sword.

You will be hidden

from the scourge

of the tongue,

and need not

fear

destruction

when

it comes.

You will laugh

at destruction

and famine,

and need not

fear

the beasts

of the earth.

For

you will have a covenant

with

the stones

of the field,

and the wild

animals

will be at peace

with you.

You will know

that

your tent

is secure,

and find nothing

amiss

when inspecting

your home.

You will know

that

your offspring

will be many,

and your descendants

will be like the grass

of the earth.

You will come

to the grave

in full vigor,

like a sheaf of grain

gathered

in season.

Indeed,

we have investigated,

and it

is true!

So hear it

and

know

for yourself.”

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