Job 5

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

Eliphaz continues his speech by challenging Job to see if anyone will answer his cry, noting that fools are destroyed by resentment and envy. He observes that a fool's household can suddenly fall into ruin, with his children lacking safety and the hungry consuming his harvest. Eliphaz states that trouble is inherent to human existence, yet advises Job to appeal to God, who performs unsearchable wonders, sends rain, exalts the lowly, and frustrates the schemes of the crafty. He explains that God rescues the needy, brings hope to the poor, and disciplines individuals with the capacity to wound and heal. Finally, Eliphaz promises Job that if he accepts this divine correction, he will be delivered from future calamities, protected from famine and warfare, live in peace with nature and beasts, and ultimately reach the grave in full vigor.

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¹“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? ²For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. ³I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. ⁴His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender. ⁵The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. ⁶For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. ⁷Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. ⁸However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him— ⁹the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. ¹⁰He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields. ¹¹He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. ¹²He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. ¹³He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning. ¹⁴They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night. ¹⁵He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. ¹⁶So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. ¹⁷Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. ¹⁸For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. ¹⁹He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven. ²⁰In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword. ²¹You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes. ²²You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth. ²³For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. ²⁴You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home. ²⁵You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth. ²⁶You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season. ²⁷Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

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