Job 5:3
“I haue seene the foolish taking roote: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.”
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Job 5:3 Context
1Call now, if there be any that wil answere thee, and to which of the Saints wilt thou turne? 2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and enuy slayeth the silly one. 3I haue seene the foolish taking roote: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4His children are farre from safetie, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliuer them. 5Whose haruest the hungry eateth vp, and taketh it euen out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth vp their substance.
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Other Translations for Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- King James Version
"I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.
- Basic English Bible
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Darby Bible
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Webster's Bible
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- World English Bible
I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
- Youngs Literal Bible
I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 5:3
5:3 Foolish - The wicked man. Root - Not only prosperous for the present, but, as it seemed, firm and secure for the future. Suddenly - In a moment, beyond mine, and his own, and all other mens expectation. Cursed - l saw by the event which followed his prosperity, that he was a man accursed of God.