Job 5:3–4
Job 5:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root,
but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His children are far from safety,
crushed in court without a defender.
Job 5:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 I have seen the foolish taking root:
But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety,
And they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job 5:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.
4 Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
Job 5:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 I have seen the foolish taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
4 His sons are far from safety,
They are crushed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
Job 5:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 I have seen a fool succeed,
but I cursed his home immediately.
4 His children are far from safety
and are crushed in court with no defense.
Job 5:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 I have seen the foolish taking root:
But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety,
And they are crushed in the gate,
Neither is there any to deliver them:
Job 5:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
Job 5:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 I have seen a stubborn fool take root,
but I quickly cursed his house.
4 His children are far from help.
They are crushed at the city gate,
and no one is there to rescue them.
Job 5:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 I have seen a fool taking root,
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
4 His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate,
with no one to rescue them.
Job 5:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 I have seen fools taking root,
but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.
4 Their children are far from safety,
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
Job 5:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 I have seen a fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are far from deliverance,
and they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no deliverer—
Job 5:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 I saw that foolish people were having success.
But suddenly a curse came down on their houses.
4 Their children aren’t safe at all.
They lose their case in court.
No one speaks up for them.
Job 5:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 “I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.
4 “His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.