Job 5:2
For provocation slays the perverse, || And envy puts to death the simple,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
In Context
1“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
3I have seen the perverse taking root, || And I mark his habitation straight away,
Cross References
Genesis 30:1And Rachel sees that she has not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and says to Jacob, “Give me sons, and if there is none—I die.”
1 Samuel 18:8And it is exceedingly displeasing to Saul, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he says, “They have given myriads to David, and they have given the thousands to me, and what more [is there] for him but the kingdom?”
Psalms 14:1TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. A fool has said in his heart, “There is no God”; They have done corruptly, || They have done abominable actions, || There is not a doer of good.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man does not know, || And a fool does not understand this—
Proverbs 1:22“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 12:16The fool—his anger is known in a day, || And the prudent is covering shame.
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 →