Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?
Psalms 69:25Let their habitation be desolate. Let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
Jeremiah 12:1Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously?
Matthew Henry on Job 5:2-6
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. A very… Read the whole commentary →