Job 5:1-10 ▼

1 “Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 For vexation kills the ignorant fool, And jealousy puts to death the simple.

3 I have seen the ignorant fool taking root, And I cursed his abode suddenly.

4 His sons are far from salvation, They are even crushed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

5 His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer pants after their wealth.

6 For wickedness does not come out from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

7 For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.

8 “But as for me, I would seek God, And I would set my cause before God,

9 Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.

10 He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields outside,