Job 5 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6 For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
6 For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;
8 “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
9 who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;
10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
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.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.
18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20 In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
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.
23 For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
24 You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
25 You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
26 You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
27 Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 15:15; Job 15:8–10; Job 4:18; Isaiah 41:21–23; Ephesians 1:1
- 2 Ecclesiastes 7:9; Job 18:4; Hosea 7:11; Psalm 92:6; Psalm 14:1
- 3 Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 92:7; Deuteronomy 27:15–26; Psalm 37:35–36; Job 27:8
- 4 Psalm 127:5; Job 18:16–19; Psalm 119:155; Job 10:7; Psalm 109:9–15
- 5 Lamentations 2:16; Hosea 8:7; Jeremiah 51:44; Jeremiah 51:34; Judges 6:11
- 6 Isaiah 45:7; 1 Samuel 6:9; Psalm 90:7; Job 34:29; Hosea 10:4
- 7 Job 14:1; Genesis 3:17–19; Ecclesiastes 5:15–17; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 90:8–9
- 8 Psalm 50:15; Psalm 37:5; Job 22:21; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; 1 Peter 4:19
- 9 Psalm 40:5; Job 9:10; Psalm 86:10; Psalm 72:18; Job 11:7–9
- 10 Jeremiah 5:24; Acts 14:17; Psalm 147:8; Jeremiah 14:22; Psalm 65:9–11
- 11 Psalm 113:7; Luke 6:21; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Luke 1:52–53; Psalm 107:41
- 12 Psalm 33:10–11; Psalm 21:11; Isaiah 8:10; Proverbs 21:30; Psalm 37:17
- 13 1 Corinthians 3:19; Psalm 9:15–16; Psalm 7:15–16; Luke 1:51; 1 Corinthians 1:19–20
- 14 Job 12:25; Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:10; Proverbs 4:19; Amos 8:9
- 15 Psalm 35:10; Psalm 140:12; Psalm 109:31; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 10:17
- 16 Psalm 107:42; Psalm 63:11; 1 Samuel 2:8–9; Romans 3:19; Exodus 11:7
- 17 James 1:12; Psalm 94:12; Proverbs 3:11–12; Revelation 3:19; James 5:11
- 18 Hosea 6:1; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 147:3; Isaiah 30:26; 1 Samuel 2:6
- 19 Psalm 34:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 91:3–10; Proverbs 24:16; 2 Peter 2:9
- 20 Psalm 33:19; Hosea 13:14; Genesis 45:7; Psalm 37:19; 1 Kings 17:6
- 21 Psalm 31:20; Psalm 91:5–7; Proverbs 12:18; Jeremiah 18:18; Psalm 55:21
- 22 Ezekiel 34:25; Isaiah 35:9; Psalm 91:13; Hosea 2:18; Isaiah 65:25
- 23 Leviticus 26:6; Daniel 6:22; Isaiah 11:6–9; Psalm 91:12–13; Hosea 2:18
- 24 Psalm 121:7–8; Psalm 91:10; Job 8:6; Isaiah 4:5–6; Deuteronomy 28:6
- 25 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 72:16; Deuteronomy 28:4; Genesis 15:5; Job 42:13–16
- 26 Job 42:16–17; Proverbs 9:11; Psalm 91:16; Genesis 15:15; Proverbs 10:27
- 27 Psalm 111:2; Proverbs 9:12; Job 32:11–12; Deuteronomy 10:13; Proverbs 2:3–5
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… eye on virgins, according to the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, Behold a virgin shall conceive and bare a Son and shall call His name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us,' in order that he who taketh the wise in their own craftiness may deceive him who always glorieth in his wisdom, the maiden is given in marriage …
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