Job 5:2

For ka'as (anger) killeth the foolish man, 1 and kinah (envy) slayeth the simple one. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

In Context

1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, 1 and to which of the Kedoshim (holy ones) wilt thou turn? 1

3I have seen the fool taking shoresh (root), 1 but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she did not bear [banim] to Ya'akov, Rachel had kina toward her achot; and said unto Ya'akov, Give me banim, or else I die.

1 Samuel 18:8And Sha'ul was very angry, and the saying was displeasing in his eyes and he said, They have ascribed unto Dovid revavot, and to me they have ascribed but alafim; and what can he have more but the maluchah (kingship)?

Psalms 14:1(For the one directing. Of Dovid) 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, 1 ein oseh tov (there is none that doeth good). 1

Psalms 92:6Hashem, how great are Thy works! 1 And Thy machshe'vot (thoughts) are very deep. 1

Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1

Proverbs 12:16A foolʼs wrath is known immediately, 1 but a prudent man covereth kalon (shame, disgrace, shameful nakedness). 1

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 →

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