{"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/dbt/job/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:02:15.013Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I myself saw 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, and there is no deliverer:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not 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, and 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 hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid."},{"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 wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 5 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 5](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/5 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}