JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 5Geneva - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 5ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne? 2Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote. 3I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying, 4His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them. 5The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance. 6For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth. 7But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde. 8But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God: 9Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber. 10He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes, 11And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation. 12He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise. 13He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish. 14They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night. 15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man, 16So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth. 17Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie. 18For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole. 19He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee. 20In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde. 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth. 22But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth. 23For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24And thou shalt knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne. 25Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth. 26Thou shalt goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne. 27Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe. ‹Previous chapterJob 4Next chapterJob 6›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 5 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain