{"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/erv/job/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:34:08.406Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 of 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":"Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous 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 be low; and those which 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 froward is carried headlong."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They meet with darkness in the daytime, 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 shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In famine he shall 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 corn 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 5](https://primebible.com/erv/job/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/5 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}