Job 5

1 Call now; is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?ERV — Job 5:1

2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.ERV — Job 5:2

3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.ERV — Job 5:3

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.ERV — Job 5:4

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.ERV — Job 5:5

6 For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;ERV — Job 5:6

7 But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.ERV — Job 5:7

8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:ERV — Job 5:8

9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:ERV — Job 5:9

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:ERV — Job 5:10

11 So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.ERV — Job 5:11

12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.ERV — Job 5:12

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.ERV — Job 5:13

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.ERV — Job 5:14

15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.ERV — Job 5:15

16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.ERV — Job 5:16

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.ERV — Job 5:17

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.ERV — Job 5:18

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.ERV — Job 5:19

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.ERV — Job 5:20

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.ERV — Job 5:21

22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.ERV — Job 5:22

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.ERV — Job 5:23

24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.ERV — Job 5:24

25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.ERV — Job 5:25

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.ERV — Job 5:26

27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.ERV — Job 5:27