Job 5:3
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
Psalms 69:25Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Psalms 73:18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
Jeremiah 12:1Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?
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 →