Job 5 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Is Just

Job 5:1

Job 5:1“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 5:2

Job 5:2“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.

Job 5:3

Job 5:3“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

Job 5:4

Job 5:4“His sons are far from safety,
They are even [fn]oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

Job 5:5

Job 5:5“[fn]His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the [fn]schemer is eager for their wealth.

Job 5:6

Job 5:6“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

Job 5:7

Job 5:7For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.

Job 5:8

Job 5:8“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;

Job 5:9

Job 5:9Who does great and unsearchable things,
[fn]Wonders without number.

Job 5:10

Job 5:10“He gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields,

Job 5:11

Job 5:11So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Job 5:12

Job 5:12“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Job 5:13

Job 5:13“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Job 5:14

Job 5:14“By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.

Job 5:15

Job 5:15“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:16

Job 5:16“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

Job 5:17

Job 5:17“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of [fn]the Almighty.

Job 5:18

Job 5:18“For He inflicts pain, and [fn]gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal.

Job 5:19

Job 5:19“[fn]From six troubles He will deliver you,
Even in seven evil will not touch you.

Job 5:20

Job 5:20“In famine He will redeem you from death,
And in war from the power of the sword.

Job 5:21

Job 5:21“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.

Job 5:22

Job 5:22“You will laugh at violence and famine,
And you will not be afraid of [fn]wild beasts.

Job 5:23

Job 5:23“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

Job 5:24

Job 5:24“You will know that your tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.

Job 5:25

Job 5:25“You will know also that your [fn]descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Job 5:26

Job 5:26“You will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.

Job 5:27

Job 5:27“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”

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NASB95 Footnotes

(5:4)

Literally: crushed

(5:5)

Literally: Whose

(5:5)

Ancient versions read thirsty

(5:9)

Or, Miracles

(5:17)

Hebrew: Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6

(5:18)

Literally: binds

(5:19)

Literally: In

(5:22)

Literally: beasts of the earth

(5:25)

Literally: seed

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Job 5 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Is Just

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