Job 5:2
For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
In Context
1Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
3I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
Cross References
Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, and if not, I die.
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very wroth, and this saying was displeasing in his eyes; and he said, They have given unto David ten thousands, and to me they have given the thousands: and all that he lacketh now yet is only the kingdom.
Psalms 14:1“To the chief musician, by David.” The worthless fool saith in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they are abominable [in their] doings, there is none that doth good.
Psalms 92:6(92:7) A brutish man knoweth it not, and a fool cannot understand this.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 12:16The wrath of the fool is known on the very day; but he that concealeth the disgrace is prudent.
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 →