Job 5:2 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}”

Job 5:2

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Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?}

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.

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Job 5:1

"Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?}"

Job 5:3

"I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation."

Job 5:4

"His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}."

Job 5:5

"Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance."

Job 5:6

"Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; {affliction: or, iniquity}"

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