Job 5

Eliphaz: Job is Chastened by God

5“Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you?

And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

²For wrath kills a foolish man,

And envy slays a simple one.

^3aI have seen the foolish taking root,

But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

⁴His sons are ^bfar from safety,

They are crushed in the gate,

And ^cthere is no deliverer.

⁵Because the hungry eat up his harvest,

¹Taking it even from the thorns,

²And a snare snatches their ³substance.

⁶For affliction does not come from the dust,

Nor does trouble spring from the ground;

⁷Yet man is ^dborn to ⁴trouble,

As the sparks fly upward.

⁸“But as for me, I would seek God,

And to God I would commit my cause—

⁹Who does great things, and unsearchable,

Marvelous things without number.

^10eHe gives rain on the earth,

And sends waters on the fields.

^11fHe sets on high those who are lowly,

And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

^12gHe frustrates the devices of the crafty,

So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.

¹³He catches the ^hwise in their own craftiness,

And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

¹⁴They meet with darkness in the daytime,

And grope at noontime as in the night.

¹⁵But ⁱHe saves the needy from the sword,

From the mouth of the mighty,

And from their hand.

^16jSo the poor have hope,

And injustice shuts her mouth.

¹⁷“Behold, ^khappy is the man whom God corrects;

Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

^18lFor He bruises, but He binds up;

He wounds, but His hands make whole.

^19mHe shall deliver you in six troubles,

Yes, in seven ⁿno evil shall touch you.

^20oIn famine He shall redeem you from death,

And in war from the ⁵power of the sword.

^21pYou shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,

And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

²²You shall laugh at destruction and famine,

And ^qyou shall not be afraid of the ^rbeasts of the earth.

^23sFor you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field,

And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

²⁴You shall know that your tent is in peace;

You shall visit your dwelling and find nothing amiss.

²⁵You shall also know that ^tyour descendants shall be many,

And your offspring ^ulike the grass of the earth.

^26vYou shall come to the grave at a full age,

As a sheaf of grain ripens in its season.

²⁷Behold, this we have ^wsearched out;

It is true.

Hear it, and know for yourself.”