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Job
Explores the themes of suffering and faith through the story of Job, a man tested by losing everything.
Chapter 5
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1
KJV:
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Geneva:
Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?
2
KJV:
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Geneva:
Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
3
KJV:
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Geneva:
I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
4
KJV:
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Geneva:
His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, & none shall deliuer them.
5
KJV:
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Geneva:
The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
6
KJV:
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Geneva:
For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.
7
KJV:
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Geneva:
But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.
8
KJV:
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Geneva:
But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
9
KJV:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Geneva:
Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
10
KJV:
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Geneva:
He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
11
KJV:
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Geneva:
And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
12
KJV:
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Geneva:
He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise.
13
KJV:
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Geneva:
He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.
14
KJV:
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Geneva:
They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.
15
KJV:
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Geneva:
But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
16
KJV:
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Geneva:
So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
17
KJV:
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Geneva:
Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.
18
KJV:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Geneva:
For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.
19
KJV:
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Geneva:
He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
20
KJV:
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Geneva:
In famine he shal deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
21
KJV:
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Geneva:
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.
22
KJV:
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Geneva:
But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.
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.
Geneva:
For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shal be at peace with thee.
24
KJV:
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
Geneva:
And thou shalt knowe, that peace shall be in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitation, and shalt not sinne.
25
KJV:
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Geneva:
Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
26
KJV:
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Geneva:
Thou shalt goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne.
27
KJV:
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Geneva:
Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.
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