{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":5,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/4","next":"job/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Call out if you please, but who will answer?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"To which of the holy ones will you turn?"}],"h":"Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For resentment kills a fool,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and envy slays the simple."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have seen a fool taking root,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but suddenly his house was cursed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His sons are far from safety,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"crushed in court without a defender."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.","f":["Or and a snare snatches his wealth"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The hungry consume his harvest,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"taking it even from the thorns,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the thirsty pant after his wealth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For distress does not spring from the dust,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and trouble does not sprout from the ground."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet man is born to trouble"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as surely as sparks fly upward."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"However, if I were you, I would appeal to God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lay my cause before Him —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"[the One] who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[the One] who does great and unsearchable things,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"wonders without number."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He gives rain to the earth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and sends water upon the fields."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He sets the lowly on high,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that mourners are lifted to safety."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He thwarts the schemes of the crafty,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that their hands find no success."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.","f":["Cited in 1 Corinthians 3:19"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He catches the wise in their craftiness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and sweeps away the plans of the cunning."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They encounter darkness by day"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and grope at noon as in the night."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and from the clutches of the powerful."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So the poor have hope,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and injustice shuts its mouth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"Blessed indeed is the man [whom] God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.","f":["Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Blessed indeed is the man [whom] God corrects;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For He wounds, but He also binds;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He strikes, but His hands also heal."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He will rescue you from six calamities;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no harm will touch you in seven."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In famine He will redeem you from death,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and in battle from the stroke of the sword."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and will not fear havoc when it comes."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will laugh at destruction and famine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and need not fear the beasts of the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the wild animals will be at peace with you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will know that your tent is secure,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will know that your offspring will be many,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your descendants like the grass of the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will come to the grave in full vigor,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a sheaf of grain gathered in season."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"So hear it and know for yourself.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"}]}