Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
4His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say: Amen.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
Psalms 69:25(69-26) Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms 73:18Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
Jeremiah 12:1Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure that 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 →