Job 5:1–6:30
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Job 5:1–6:30 · Psalm 91 (MT: 92) · Proverbs 22:16 · Romans 8:22–39
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1But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.
1“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
4His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
5whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
6For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
7but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
8“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
10who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
11so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
12He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty.
13He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
17“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18For he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
18For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.
19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.
20In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.
21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.
22You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
23For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.
24You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25And thou shalt know that thy seed [shall be] abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.
25You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.
26You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything [wrong].
27Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
1But Job answered and said,
1Then Job answered,
2Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
2“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
5What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has fodder?
5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome .
7My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
8For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
8“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
9Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
9even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
10Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
11What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
13Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
13Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?
14Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
14“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
16They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
16which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
17When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
17In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
18The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
19Behold the ways of the Thæmanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabæans.
19The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
20They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
20They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
21But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid.
21For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
22What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
22Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
23to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones?
23or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
24Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me .
24“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
25But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.
25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.
26Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
27Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
28But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie .
28Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
29Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.
29Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
30For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?
30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?