1 Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? DBY — Job 5:1
2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple. DBY — Job 5:2
3 I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. DBY — Job 5:3
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer: DBY — Job 5:4
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance. DBY — Job 5:5
6 For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; DBY — Job 5:6
7 For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards. DBY — Job 5:7
8 But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause; DBY — Job 5:8
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; DBY — Job 5:9
10 Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields; DBY — Job 5:10
11 Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity. DBY — Job 5:11
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise. DBY — Job 5:12
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong: DBY — Job 5:13
14 They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night. DBY — Job 5:14
15 And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. DBY — Job 5:15
16 So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth. DBY — Job 5:16
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. DBY — Job 5:17
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole. DBY — Job 5:18
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee. DBY — Job 5:19
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword. DBY — Job 5:20
21 Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh. DBY — Job 5:21
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid. DBY — Job 5:22
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. DBY — Job 5:23
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing. DBY — Job 5:24
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth. DBY — Job 5:25
26 Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season. DBY — Job 5:26
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself. DBY — Job 5:27