Job · Young's Literal Translation
Job 5 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
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 doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
6 For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
8 “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
9 who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not 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 at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been 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 hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
24 You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
25 You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk 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 searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
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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