5 “Call if you want to, Job, ·but no one [^Lis there anyone who…?] will answer you.
    ·You can’t [^LCan you…?] turn to any of the holy ones [^Cangels].
² ·Anger [Irritation] kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the ·stupid [or naïve; simpleminded; ^Cthese emotions can lead to death; Prov. 14:30; 27:4].
³ I have seen a fool ·succeed [^Ltaking root],
    but I cursed his ·home [household; pasturage] ·immediately [suddenly].
⁴ His children are far from safety
    and are crushed in court with no ·defense [or rescuer].
⁵ The hungry eat his harvest,
    even taking what grew among the thorns,
    and thirsty people ·want [^Lpant after] his wealth.
⁶ ·Hard times do [Misery does] not come up from the ·ground [dust],
    and trouble does not ·grow [sprout] from the earth [^Cthey come from anger and jealousy].
⁷ People ·produce [^Lare born for] trouble
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

⁸ “But if I were you, I would ·call on [^Lseek] God
    and ·bring my problem [^Lcommit my thoughts/cause] before him [^Cargues 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 [^Ltheir 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 [^Lshut their mouth].

¹⁷ “The one whom God ·corrects [reproves] is ·happy [blessed],
    so do not ·hate being corrected by [^Lreject/despise the instruction of] the Almighty [Prov. 3:11–12].
¹⁸ God ·hurts [wounds], but he also bandages up;
    he ·injures [strikes], but his hands also heal.
¹⁹ He will ·save [rescue] you from six ·troubles [dangers];
    even seven ·troubles [or evils] will not ·harm [^Ltouch] you [^C“six…seven” is a poetic way of saying “all troubles”].
²⁰ God will ·buy you back [redeem/ransom you] from death in times of ·hunger [famine],
    and in ·battle [war] he will save you from the sword.
²¹ You will be ·protected [hidden] from the ·tongue that strikes like a whip [lash of the tongue],
    and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.
²² You will laugh at destruction and hunger [Ps. 112:7],
    and you will not fear the wild animals,
²³ because you will have an ·agreement [treaty; alliance; covenant] with the stones in the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you [^Cdescribes a peaceful relationship with all nature].
²⁴ You will know that your tent is safe,
    because you will ·check [visit] ·the things you own [your pasturage/home] and find nothing missing.
²⁵ You will know that you will have many ·children [descendants],
    and your ·descendants [offspring] will be like the grass on the earth.
²⁶ You will come to the grave ·with all your strength [or at a ripe old age],
    like bundles of grain gathered at the right time.

²⁷ “We have ·checked [examined] this, and it is true,
so hear it and ·decide what it means to you [know it yourself].”