Job 5

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?	1 Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you appeal?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.	2 Nay, impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.	3 I have seen a fool spreading his roots, but his household suddenly decayed.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.	4 His children shall be far from safety; they shall be crushed at the gate without a rescuer.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.	5 What they have reaped the hungry shall eat up; (or God shall take it away by blight;) and the thirsty shall swallow their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;	6 For mischief comes not out of the earth, nor does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.	7 But man himself begets mischief, as sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:	8 In your place, I would appeal to God, and to God I would state my plea.
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:	9
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:	10 He gives rain upon the earth and sends water upon the fields;
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.	11 He sets up on high the lowly, and those who mourn he exalts to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.	12 He frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success;
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.	13 He catches the wise in their own ruses, and the designs of the crafty are routed.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.	14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and at noonday they grope as though it were night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.	15 But the poor from the edge of the sword and from the hand of the mighty, he saves.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.	16 Thus the unfortunate have hope, and iniquity closes her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:	17 Happy is the man whom God reproves! The Almighty's chastening do not reject.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.	18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands give healing.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.	19 Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.	20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in war from the threat 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 From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and shall not fear approaching ruin.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.	22 At destruction and want you shall laugh; the beasts of the earth you need not dread.
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 You shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild beasts shall be at peace with you.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.	24 And you shall know that your tent is secure; taking stock of your household, you shall miss nothing.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.	25 You shall know that your descendants are many, and your 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.	26 You shall approach the grave in full vigor, as a shock of grain comes in at its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.	27 Lo, this we have searched out; so it is! This we have heard, and you should know.