Job 5:8-16
Christian Standard Bible
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to him.(A)
9 He does great(B) and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.(C)
10 He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.(D)
11 He sets the lowly on high,
and mourners are lifted to safety.(E)
12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they[a] achieve no success.
13 He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.(F)
14 They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.(G)
15 He saves the needy from their sharp words[b](H)
and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(I)
Job 5:8-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God I would commit my cause.(A)
9 He does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous things without number.(B)
10 He gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;(C)
11 he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.(D)
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(E)
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime
and grope at noonday as in the night.(F)
15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
from the hand of the mighty.(G)
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(H)
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