{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T04:55:25.959Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 5 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 5](https://primebible.com/asv/job/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/5 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}