Job 5
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
25You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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