Job 5:8-16
Legacy Standard Bible
8 “But as for me, I would (A)seek God,
And I would set my cause before God,
9 Who (B)does great and unsearchable things,
[a]Wonders without number.
10 He (C)gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields outside,
11 So that (D)He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to salvation.
12 He (E)frustrates the thoughts of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom.
13 He (F)catches the wise by their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.
14 By day they (G)meet with darkness
And grope at noon as in the night.
15 But He saves from (H)the sword of their mouth,
And (I)the needy from the hand of the strong.
16 So the poor has hope,
And (J)unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
Footnotes
- Job 5:9 Or Miracles
Job 5:8-16
Common English Bible
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[a] 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.
Footnotes
- Job 5:15 Heb lacks orphan.
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