The Book of Job 5

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1 Call now if there be any that will answer thee and to which of the saints wilt thou turn ⚑

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man and envy slayeth the silly one ⚑

3 I have seen the foolish taking root but suddenly I cursed his habitation ⚑

4 His children are far from safety and 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 robber swalloweth up their substance ⚑

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ⚑

7 Yet man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward ⚑

8 I would seek unto God and unto God would I commit my cause ⚑

9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable marvellous things without number ⚑

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields ⚑

11 To set up on high those that be low that those which mourn may be exalted to safety ⚑

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise ⚑

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong ⚑

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday as in the night ⚑

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty ⚑

16 So the poor hath hope and iniquity stoppeth her mouth ⚑

17 Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty ⚑

18 For he maketh sore and bindeth up he woundeth and his hands make whole ⚑

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles yea in seven there shall no evil touch thee ⚑

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death and 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 ⚑

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts 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 ⚑

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin ⚑

25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great and thine offspring as the grass of the earth ⚑

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season ⚑

27 Lo this we have searched it so it is hear it and know thou it for thy good ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain