Job 5:3
And I have seen foolish ones taking root: 1 But suddenly their habitation was devoured. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For wrath destroys the foolish one, 1 And envy slays him that has gone astray. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? 1 Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved? 1
Psalms 73:18Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, 1 And a foolish people has provoked thy name. 1
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O Lord, that I may make my defense to thee, yea, I will speak to thee of judgments. Why is it that the way of ungodly men prospers? that all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?
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 →