Job 5:3
I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
4His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man who maketh a graven or molten image, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place; and all the people shall answer, and say, Amen.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?
Psalms 69:25(69:26) May their palace become desolate: in their tents let no one dwell.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction.
Jeremiah 12:1[Too] righteous art thou, O Lord, that I could plead with thee; yet must I speak of [the principles of] justice with thee: Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy? do all those prosper that deal 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 →