Job 5:2
Strong's Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

resentment
כָּ֑עַשׂ (kā·‘aś)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3708: 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief 1a) vexation 1a1) of men 1a2) of God 1b) vexation, grief, frustration

kills
יַהֲרָג־ (ya·hă·rāḡ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2026: 1) to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kill, slay 1a2) to destroy, ruin 1b) (Niphal) to be killed 1c) (Pual) to be killed, be slain

a fool,
לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל (le·’ĕ·wîl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 191: 1) be foolish, foolish 1a) (subst) 1a1) of one who despises wisdom 1a2) of one who mocks when guilty 1a3) of one who is quarrelsome 1a4) of one who is licentious

and envy
קִנְאָֽה׃ (qin·’āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7068: 1) ardour, zeal, jealousy 1a) ardour, jealousy, jealous disposition (of husband) 1a1) sexual passion 1b) ardour of zeal (of religious zeal) 1b1) of men for God 1b2) of men for the house of God 1b3) of God for his people 1c) ardour of anger 1c1) of men against adversaries 1c2) of God against men 1d) envy (of man) 1e) jealousy (resulting in the wrath of God)

slays
תָּמִ֥ית (tā·mîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

the simple.
וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה (ū·p̄ō·ṯeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6601: 1) to be spacious, be open, be wide 1a) (Qal) to be spacious or open or wide 1b) (Hiphil) to make spacious, make open 2) to be simple, entice, deceive, persuade 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be open-minded, be simple, be naive 2a2) to be enticed, be deceived 2b) (Niphal) to be deceived, be gullible 2c) (Piel) 2c) (Piel) 2c1) to persuade, seduce 2c2) to deceive 2d) (Pual) 2d1) to be persuaded 2d2) to be deceived

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Young's Literal Translation
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible. 

New American Standard Bible
"For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.

King James Bible
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

New Living Translation
Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.

English Standard Version
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

New American Standard Bible
"For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.

King James Bible
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible.

International Standard Version
For wrath will slay a fool; zealous anger will kill the naive.

NET Bible
For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

American Standard Version
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

English Revised Version
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.

Young's Literal Translation
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
















Cross References
Proverbs 12:16
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 5:1
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

Job 4:21
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

Job 4:20
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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