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.
Job 5
Revised Geneva Translation
5 “Call out now, if any will answer you. And to which of the saints will you turn?
2 “Doubtless, anger kills the foolish and envy slays the idiot.
3 “I have seen the foolish well-rooted. And suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 “His children shall be far from salvation. And they shall be destroyed in the gate. And no one shall deliver them.
5 “The hungry shall eat up his harvest. Indeed, they shall take it from among the thorns. And the thirsty shall drink up their wealth.
6 “For misery does not come forth from the dust. Nor does affliction spring out of the earth.
7 “But man is born to toil, as the sparks fly upward.
8 “But I would inquire of God, and turn my talk to God,
9 “Who does great things, and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.
10 “He gives rain upon the earth, and pours water upon the streets,
11 “and sets those who are low up on high, so that the sorrowful may be exalted to salvation.
12 “He scatters the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish that which they undertake.
13 “He takes the wise in their craftiness. And the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
14 “They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noon as in the night.
15 “But He saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth and from the hand of the violent man,
16 “so that the poor has hope. But iniquity shall shut her mouth.
17 “Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore, do not refuse the discipline of the Almighty.
18 “For He makes the wound and binds it up. He strikes, and His Hands make whole.
19 “He shall deliver you in six troubles. And in the seventh, misery shall not touch you.
20 “In famine He shall deliver you from death, and in battle from the power of the sword.
21 “You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue. And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 “You shall laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraid of the beast of the Earth.
23 “For the stones of the field shall be in league with you. And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 “And you shall know that peace is in your tent. And you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
25 “You shall also perceive that your seed shall be great, and your posterity as the grass of the earth.
26 “You shall go to your grave at a full age, as a stack of grain comes in due season.
27 “Lo, thus have we examined it. And so it is. Hear this and know it for yourself.”
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