Job 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? “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 Surely impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton. 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 spreading his roots, but I cursed his household suddenly: 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 May his children be far from safety; may they be crushed at the gate without a rescuer. 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 What they have reaped may the hungry eat up, or God take away by blight, or the thirsty swallow their substance. 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 For not from dust does mischief come, nor from the soil does trouble sprout. 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 Human beings beget mischief as sparks fly upward. but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 In your place, I would appeal to God, and to God I would state my plea. “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 things great and unsearchable, things marvelous and innumerable. 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 upon the earth and sends water upon the fields; 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 sets up the lowly on high, and those who mourn are raised to safety. 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 frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success; 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 own ruses, and the designs of the crafty are routed. 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 meet with darkness in the daytime, at noonday they grope as though it were 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 But he saves the poor from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty. 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 Thus the needy have hope, and iniquity closes its mouth. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Happy the one whom God reproves! The Almighty’s discipline do not reject. “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, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands give healing. 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 Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall 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 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in war from the power 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 From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not fear approaching ruin. 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 At ruin and want you shall laugh; the beasts of the earth, do not fear. 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 With the stones of the field shall your covenant be, and the wild beasts shall be at 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 shall know that your tent is secure; taking stock of your household, you shall miss nothing. 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 You shall know that your descendants are many, and your offspring 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 shall approach the grave in full vigor, as a shock of grain comes in at its season. 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 See, this we have searched out; so it is! This we have heard, and you should know. 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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