Job 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints. “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty. Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation. I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them. His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources. The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth. For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground, For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly. but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God. “As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
9 He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number. who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
10 He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters. he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields; He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
11 He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health. he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun. He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse. He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14 They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night. They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night. Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15 Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent. But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty. He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord. “Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal. For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
19 He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you. He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you. From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
20 During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword. In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives. You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
22 In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth. At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
23 For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you. For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin. You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25 Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth. You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time. You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
27 Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind. Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.” “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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