Job 5:8-16
Lexham English Bible
8 “But I myself[a] will seek God,
and to God I would commit my cause.
9 He is doing great and unsearchable[b] things,
marvelous things without number[c]—
10 the one who is giving rain on the surface of[d] the earth
and is sending water on the surface of[e] the fields,
11 to set the lowly on high,
and those mourning are lifted to safety.
12 He is frustrating the devices of the crafty,
and their hands do not achieve success.
13 He is capturing the wise in their craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are rushed.
14 In the daytime they meet with darkness,
and they grope at noon[f] as in the night.
15 And[g] he saves from the sword of[h] their mouth,
even[i] the poor from the hand of the strong.
16 So[j] there is hope[k] for the powerless,
and wickedness shuts its mouth.
Footnotes
- Job 5:8 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 5:9 Literally “there is no searching”
- Job 5:9 Literally “until there is no number”
- Job 5:10 Literally “faces of”
- Job 5:10 Literally “faces of”
- Job 5:14 Or “the noon”
- Job 5:15 Or “Thus,” or “So”
- Job 5:15 Literally “from”
- Job 5:15 Literally “and”; the entire verse could be translated “So he saves the poor from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong”
- Job 5:16 Or “And”
- Job 5:16 Or “hope exists”
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