Job 5 - Compare Translations
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Job 5:1
KJVCall now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
WEB“Call now; is there any who will answer you?
YLTPray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
Job 5:2
KJVFor wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
WEBFor resentment kills the foolish man,
YLTFor provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Job 5:3
KJVI have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
WEBI have seen the foolish taking root,
YLTI -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
Job 5:4
KJVHis children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
WEBHis children are far from safety.
YLTFar are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
Job 5:5
KJVWhose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
WEBwhose harvest the hungry eats up,
YLTWhose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Job 5:6
KJVAlthough affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
WEBFor affliction doesn’t come out of the dust,
YLTFor sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
Job 5:7
KJVYet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
WEBbut man is born to trouble,
YLTFor man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
Job 5:8
KJVI would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
WEB“But as for me, I would seek God.
YLTYet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
Job 5:9
KJVWhich doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
WEBwho does great things that can’t be fathomed,
YLTDoing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
Job 5:10
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Job 5:11
KJVTo set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
WEBso that he sets up on high those who are low,
YLTTo set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Job 5:12
KJVHe disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
WEBHe frustrates the plans of the crafty,
YLTMaking void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Job 5:13
KJVHe taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
WEBHe takes the wise in their own craftiness;
YLTCapturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
Job 5:14
KJVThey meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
WEBThey meet with darkness in the day time,
YLTBy day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.
Job 5:15
KJVBut he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
WEBBut he saves from the sword of their mouth,
YLTAnd He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
Job 5:16
KJVSo the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
WEBSo the poor has hope,
YLTAnd there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
Job 5:17
KJVBehold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
WEB“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects.
YLTLo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
Job 5:18
KJVFor he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
WEBFor he wounds, and binds up.
YLTFor He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
Job 5:19
KJVHe shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
WEBHe will deliver you in six troubles;
YLTIn six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
Job 5:20
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Job 5:21
KJVThou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
WEBYou shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
YLTWhen the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
Job 5:22
KJVAt destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
WEBAt destruction and famine you shall laugh,
YLTAt destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
Job 5:23
KJVFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
WEBFor you shall be allied with the stones of the field.
YLT(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
Job 5:24
KJVAnd thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
WEBYou shall know that your tent is in peace.
YLTAnd thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
Job 5:25
KJVThou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
WEBYou shall know also that your offspring shall be great,
YLTAnd hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
Job 5:26
KJVThou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
WEBYou shall come to your grave in a full age,
YLTThou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Job 5:27
KJVLo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
WEBLook this, we have searched it, so it is.
YLTLo, this -- we searched it out -- it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
27 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT