Job 5 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Discipline of the Almighty

5“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?And to which of the ^aholy ones will you turn?²“For ^avexation kills the ignorant fool,And jealousy puts to death the simple.³“I have seen the ^aignorant fool taking root,And I ^bcursed his abode suddenly.⁴“His ^asons are far from salvation,They are even crushed in the gate,And there is no deliverer.⁵“¹His harvest the hungry devourAnd take it to a place of thorns,And the ²^,^aschemer pants after their wealth.⁶“For ^awickedness does not come out from the dust,Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,⁷For ^aman is born for trouble,As ¹sparks fly upward.⁸“But as for me, I would ^aseek God,And I would set my cause before God,⁹Who ^adoes great and unsearchable things,¹Wonders without number.¹⁰“He ^agives rain on the earthAnd sends water on the fields outside,¹¹So that ^aHe sets on high those who are lowly,And those who mourn are lifted to salvation.¹²“He ^afrustrates the thoughts of the crafty,So that their hands cannot attain success of sound wisdom.¹³“He ^acatches the wise by their own craftiness,And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.¹⁴“By day they ^ameet with darknessAnd grope at noon as in the night.¹⁵“But He saves from ^athe sword of their mouth,And ^bthe needy from the hand of the strong.¹⁶“So the poor has hope,And ^aunrighteousness must shut its mouth.¹⁷“Behold, how ^ablessed is the man whom God reproves,So do not reject the ^bdiscipline of the ¹Almighty.¹⁸“For ^aHe inflicts pain and ¹gives relief;He ²wounds, and His hands also heal.¹⁹“¹From six distresses ^aHe will deliver you,Even in seven ^bevil will not touch you.²⁰“In ^afamine He will redeem you from death,And ^bin war from hands with swords.²¹“You will be ^ahidden from the scourge of the tongue,^bAnd you will not be afraid of devastation when it comes.²²“You will ^alaugh at devastation and starvation,^bAnd you will not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.²³“For your covenant will be with the stones of the field,And ^athe beasts of the field will be at peace with you.²⁴“You will know that your ^atent is at peace,For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.²⁵“You will know also that your ^aseed will be many,And ^byour offspring as the vegetation of the land.²⁶“You will ^acome to the grave in full vigor,Like the stacking of grain in its season.²⁷“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.Hear it, and know for yourself.”