# Job 5 ## Job 5:1 - [KJV] Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? - [ASV] Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? - [YLT] Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn? ### Notes on Job 5:1 - ## Job 5:2 - [KJV] For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. - [ASV] For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one. - [YLT] For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple, ### Notes on Job 5:2 - ## Job 5:3 - [KJV] I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. - [ASV] I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation. - [YLT] I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway, ### Notes on Job 5:3 - ## Job 5:4 - [KJV] His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither *is there* any to deliver *them*. - [ASV] His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them: - [YLT] Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer. ### Notes on Job 5:4 - ## Job 5:5 - [KJV] Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. - [ASV] Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance. - [YLT] Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth. ### Notes on Job 5:5 - ## Job 5:6 - [KJV] Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; - [ASV] For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; - [YLT] For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery. ### Notes on Job 5:6 - ## Job 5:7 - [KJV] Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. - [ASV] But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward. - [YLT] For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly. ### Notes on Job 5:7 - ## Job 5:8 - [KJV] I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: - [ASV] But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause; - [YLT] Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word, ### Notes on Job 5:8 - ## Job 5:9 - [KJV] Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: - [ASV] Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number: - [YLT] Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering. ### Notes on Job 5:9 - ## Job 5:10 - [KJV] Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: - [ASV] Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields; - [YLT] Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places. ### Notes on Job 5:10 - ## Job 5:11 - [KJV] To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. - [ASV] So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety. - [YLT] To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high *in* safety. ### Notes on Job 5:11 - ## Job 5:12 - [KJV] He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform *their* enterprise. - [ASV] He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. - [YLT] Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom. ### Notes on Job 5:12 - ## Job 5:13 - [KJV] He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. - [ASV] He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. - [YLT] Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened, ### Notes on Job 5:13 - ## Job 5:14 - [KJV] They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. - [ASV] They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night. - [YLT] By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon. ### Notes on Job 5:14 - ## Job 5:15 - [KJV] But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. - [ASV] But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. - [YLT] And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy, ### Notes on Job 5:15 - ## Job 5:16 - [KJV] So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. - [ASV] So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth. - [YLT] And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth. ### Notes on Job 5:16 - ## Job 5:17 - [KJV] Behold, happy *is* the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: - [ASV] Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. - [YLT] Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not, ### Notes on Job 5:17 - ## Job 5:18 - [KJV] For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. - [ASV] For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole. - [YLT] For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal. ### Notes on Job 5:18 - ## Job 5:19 - [KJV] He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. - [ASV] He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. - [YLT] In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee. ### Notes on Job 5:19 - ## Job 5:20 - [KJV] In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. - [ASV] In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword. - [YLT] In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword. ### Notes on Job 5:20 - ## Job 5:21 - [KJV] Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. - [ASV] Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. - [YLT] When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh. ### Notes on Job 5:21 - ## Job 5:22 - [KJV] At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. - [ASV] At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. - [YLT] At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid. ### Notes on Job 5:22 - ## Job 5:23 - [KJV] For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. - [ASV] For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. - [YLT] (For with sons of the field *is* thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.) ### Notes on Job 5:23 - ## Job 5:24 - [KJV] And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle *shall be* in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. - [ASV] And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing. - [YLT] And thou hast known that thy tent *is* peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not, ### Notes on Job 5:24 - ## Job 5:25 - [KJV] Thou shalt know also that thy seed *shall be* great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. - [ASV] Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth. - [YLT] And hast known that numerous *is* Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth; ### Notes on Job 5:25 - ## Job 5:26 - [KJV] Thou shalt come to *thy* grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. - [ASV] Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season. - [YLT] Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season. ### Notes on Job 5:26 - ## Job 5:27 - [KJV] Lo this, we have searched it, so it *is*; hear it, and know thou *it* for thy good. - [ASV] Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good. - [YLT] Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it *is* right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself! ### Notes on Job 5:27 -