Job 5:1-7

New International Reader's Version

“Call out if you want to, Job.
    But who will answer you?
    Which one of the holy angels will you turn to?
² Anger kills foolish people.
    Jealousy destroys those who are childish.
³ I saw that foolish people were having success.
    But suddenly harm came to their homes.
⁴ Their children aren’t safe at all.
    They lose their case in court.
    No one speaks up for them.
⁵ Hungry people eat up the crops of the foolish.
    They even take the food that grows among thorns.
    Thirsty people long for the wealth of the foolish.
⁶ Hard times don’t just grow out of the soil.
    Trouble doesn’t jump out of the ground.
⁷ People are born to have trouble.
    And that’s just as sure as sparks fly up.