Job 5

Job 5:1

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee: and to which of the saints will thou turn?

Since thou standest upon thine own justification so much, I appeal to any of the saints of God upon earth: let any of them judge of this thy condition; and say, whether there be not reason to charge thee with hypocrisy.

Job 5:2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy (or indignation) slayeth the silly one.

They will tell thee, in all experience; that God, in his most just judgment, meets with the man, not that is just, but that is wickedly foolish; and that his indignation falls heavy, even unto death, upon him that is grossly ignorant of God and the things of his peace.

Job 5:3

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

I have seen the wicked man, seemingly grounded and flourishing in the world, but suddenly I gave him for gone; and in my thoughts, made full account of his utter extirpation.

Job 5:6

Although affliction cometh not out of the dust, neither doth spring out of the ground;

Yet this misery and affliction, that alights upon men, comes not either by chance, or of itself, or merely from the second causes, whether of men or other creatures, but it comes from above, and is inflicted by the Divine Hand of Supreme and Infinito Justice;

Job 5:7

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

And yet, even in the course of nature, man is born to trouble and vexation; and it is no less natural to him, to be tried with manifold crosses here, than for the sparks of fire to fly upwards.

Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the dark.

They meet with unexpected crosses in their designs, and find contrary events to what they promised to themselves: when they made account of most joy, they meet with heaviness.

Job 5:19

He shall deliver thee from six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

He shall save thee from sinking under many troubles; and from the last and worst, he shall so rescue thee, that the evil of it shall not have so much as power to touch thee.

Job 5:23

Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field.

All the creatures, who are engaged in the quarrels of their

Job 5:24

Thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin (or err).

Thou shalt oversee thine affairs with good success, and not err, or fail in the administration of them.