Job 5:1-7

New International Version

5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you?^(A)
    To which of the holy ones^(B) will you turn?
²Resentment^(C) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.^(D)
³I myself have seen^(E) a fool taking root,^(F)
    but suddenly^(G) his house was cursed.^(H)
⁴His children^(I) are far from safety,^(J)
    crushed in court^(K) without a defender.^(L)
⁵The hungry consume his harvest,^(M)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
⁶For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.^(N)
⁷Yet man is born to trouble^(O)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

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Job 5:1-7

International Standard Version

Eliphaz: God Blesses those who Seek Him

5 “Cry out, won’t you!
    Is there anyone who will answer you?
        To whom will you turn among the holy ones?
²For wrath will slay a fool;
    zealous anger will kill the naïve.

³“I myself saw a fool becoming established,
    but I suddenly cursed where he lived.^[a]
⁴His children are far from deliverance;
    they’ll be maltreated before they leave home,^[b]
        with no one to rescue them.
⁵Then the hungry will devour his harvest,
    snatching it even from the midst of thorns,
        while the thirsty covet their wealth.
⁶For wickedness doesn’t crop up from dust,
    nor does trouble sprout out of the ground;
⁷But mankind is born headed for trouble,
    just as sparks soar skyward.”