Job 5:1-7
New Living Translation
Eliphaz’s Response Continues
5 “Cry for help, but will anyone answer you?
Which of the angels[a] will help you?
2 Surely resentment destroys the fool,
and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.
4 Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
5 The hungry devour their harvest,
even when it is guarded by brambles.[b]
The thirsty pant after their wealth.[c]
6 But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
7 People are born for trouble
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
Job 5:1-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Job Is Corrected by God
5 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?(A)
2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.(B)
3 I have seen fools taking root,
but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.(C)
4 Their children are far from safety,
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.(D)
5 The hungry eat their harvest,
and they take it even out of the thorns,[a]
and the thirsty[b] pant after their wealth.(E)
6 For misery does not come from the earth,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but humans are born to trouble
just as sparks[c] fly upward.(F)
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