Job 5:3
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalms 69:25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
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 →