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”
Job 5:8-16
World English Bible
8 “But as for me, I would seek God.
I would commit my cause to God,
9 who does great things that can’t be fathomed,
marvelous things without number;
10 who gives rain on the earth,
and sends waters on the fields;
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low,
those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty,
So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness;
the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time,
and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth,
even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor has hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.
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