Job 5

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.	1 Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.
2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.	2 Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.	3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.
4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.	4 His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.	5 Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.
6 Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.	6 Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.
7 Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.	7 Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.
8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:	8 Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
9 Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:	9 He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.
10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:	10 He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
11 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.	11 He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
12 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:	12 He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:	13 He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.	14 They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night.
15 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.	15 Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
16 And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.	16 And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.
17 Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:	17 Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
18 For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.	18 For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.
19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.	19 He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.	20 During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.
21 Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.	21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.
22 In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.	22 In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.
23 But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.	23 For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.	24 And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.	25 Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.	26 You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.
27 Behold, this is even so, as we have searched oat: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.	27 Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind.