Job 5:3
I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
4His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
Psalms 69:25Let their habitation be desolate, And let none dwell in their tents!
Psalms 73:18Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the men of treachery 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 →