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Job 5:8-16
Expanded Bible
Job 5:8-16
Expanded Bible
8 “But if I were you, I would ·call on [L seek] God
and ·bring my problem [L commit my thoughts/cause] before him [C argues that Job needs to repent].
9 God does wonders that cannot be understood;
he does so many ·miracles [marvelous acts] they cannot be counted.
10 He gives rain to the earth
and sends water on the fields.
11 He makes the ·humble [lowly] person important [Ps. 113]
and lifts ·the sad [mourners] to places of safety.
12 He ruins the ·plans [pretensions; strategies] of those who ·trick others [are crafty]
so ·they [L their hands] have no success.
13 He catches the ·wise [crafty; clever] in their own ·clever traps [craftiness]
and ·sweeps away [ends; finishes off] the ·plans [advice; schemes] of those who ·try to trick others [are wily].
14 Darkness ·covers them up [or encounters them] in the daytime;
even at noon they ·feel [grope] around in the dark.
15 God saves the needy from their lies
and from the harm done by powerful people.
16 So the poor have hope,
while those who are ·unfair [unjust] ·are silenced [L shut their mouth].
Job 5:8-16
Amplified Bible
Job 5:8-16
Amplified Bible
8
“As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him,
And I would commit my cause to God;
9
Who does great and unsearchable things,
Marvelous things without number.
10
“He gives rain upon the earth
And sends waters upon the fields,
11
So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And He lifts to safety those who mourn.
12
“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.
13
“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.(A)
14
“In the daytime they meet in darkness,
And at noon they grope as in the night.
15
“But God saves [the innocent] from the sword of the mouth of the devious,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
16
“So the helpless have hope,
And injustice shuts its mouth.
Job 5:8-16
New International Version
Job 5:8-16
New International Version
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.(A)
9 He performs wonders(B) that cannot be fathomed,(C)
miracles that cannot be counted.(D)
10 He provides rain for the earth;(E)
he sends water on the countryside.(F)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(G)
and those who mourn(H) are lifted(I) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(J) of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(K)
13 He catches the wise(L) in their craftiness,(M)
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(N)
14 Darkness(O) comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.(P)
15 He saves the needy(Q) from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(R)
16 So the poor(S) have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(T)
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