Job 5
Common English Bible
Life’s problems
5 Call out. Will anyone answer you?
To which holy one will you turn?
2 Surely anger can kill the foolish;
fury can kill the simple.
3 I’ve seen the foolish take root
and promptly curse their house.
4 Their children are far[a] from safety,
crushed in the gate without a deliverer.
5 The hungry devour[b] their crops;
it’s taken even from the thorns,[c]
and the thirsty pant after their yield.
6 Surely trouble doesn’t come from dust,
nor does distress sprout from the ground.
7 Surely humans are born to distress,
just as sparks rise up.
The answer is God
8 But I would seek God,
put my case to God,
9 who does great things beyond comprehension,
wonderful things without number;
10 who provides rain over the earth’s surface,
sends water to the open country,
11 exalts the lowly,
raises mourners to victory;
12 who frustrates the schemes of the clever
so that their hands achieve no success,
13 trapping the wise in their cleverness
so that the plans of the devious don’t succeed.
14 They encounter darkness during the day,
and at noon they fumble about as at night.
15 Yet he rescues the orphan[d] from the sword of their mouth,
the needy from the grip of the strong;
16 so the poor have hope
and violence shuts its mouth.
Divine favor
17 Look, happy is the person whom God corrects;
so don’t reject the Almighty’s instruction.
18 He injures, but he binds up;
he strikes, but his hands heal.
19 From six adversities he will deliver you;
from seven harm won’t touch you.
20 In famine he will ransom you from death;
in war, from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the tongue’s sting,
and you won’t fear destruction when it comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and hunger;
you won’t be afraid of wild beasts;
23 for you will make an agreement with the stones of the field;
and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is secure.
You will examine your home and miss nothing.
25 You will know that you’ll have many children.
Your offspring will be like the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave in old age
as bundles of grain stacked up at harvesttime.
27 Look, we’ve searched this out, and so it is;
listen and find out for yourself.
约伯记 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
5 “你只管呼救吧，
谁会回应你呢？
你向哪位圣者求助呢？
2 愤恨害死愚昧人，
嫉妒杀死无知者。
3 我见愚昧人扎了根，
突然咒诅临到他家。
4 他的儿女毫无安宁，
在城门口受欺压也无人搭救。
5 饥饿的人吞掉他的庄稼，
连荆棘里的也不放过；
干渴的人吞尽他的财富。
6 苦难并非从土里长出，
患难并非从地里生出。
7 人生来必遇患难，
正如火花必向上飞。
8 “若是我，
就向上帝求助，
向祂陈明苦衷。
9 祂行的奇事不可测度，
祂行的神迹不可胜数。
10 祂降下雨水浇灌大地，
赐下甘霖滋润田园。
11 祂提拔卑微的人，
庇护哀痛的人。
12 祂挫败狡猾人的阴谋，
使他们无法得逞。
13 祂使智者中了自己的诡计，
使奸徒的计谋迅速落空。
14 他们白天遇到黑暗，
午间摸索如在夜晚。
15 上帝拯救穷苦人脱离恶人的中伤，
脱离残暴之徒的辖制，
16 好使贫寒之人有盼望，
使不义之徒哑口无言。
17 “被上帝责备的人有福了，
不可轻视全能者的管教。
18 因为祂打伤，祂也包扎；
祂击伤，祂也医治。
19 六次遭难，祂都救你；
第七次，灾祸也伤不到你。
20 饥荒时，祂必救你脱离死亡；
战争中，祂必救你脱离刀剑。
21 你必免受恶毒的毁谤，
灾难来临也不惧怕。
22 你必笑对灾殃和饥荒，
毫不惧怕地上的野兽。
23 你必与田间的石头立约，
野兽必与你和平相处。
24 你的家必安然无恙，
察看羊圈，一只不少。
25 你必看见子孙昌盛，
后代如遍地的青草。
26 你必寿终正寝才归坟墓，
如同庄稼熟后才被收割。
27 看啊，我们已经查验了，
这一切真实可靠，
你当聆听、接受。”
Job 5
King James Version
5 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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