Job 5:1-7

International Children’s Bible

5 “Call if you want to, but no one will answer you.
    You can’t turn to any of the holy ones.
² Foolish anger kills a person.
    And jealousy kills a weak-minded person.
³ I have seen a fool have success like a tree taking root.
    But suddenly his home was destroyed.
⁴ His children are far away from safety.
    They are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
⁵ Hungry people eat this fool’s harvest.
    They even take what grew up among the thorns.
    And thirsty people want his wealth.
⁶ Hard times do not come up from the ground.
    And trouble does not grow from the earth.
⁷ But man is born to have trouble
    as surely as sparks fly upward.