Job 5:3
I have seen the fool taking shoresh (root), 1 but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For ka'as (anger) killeth the foolish man, 1 and kinah (envy) slayeth the simple one. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Arur (cursed) be the ish that maketh any pesel (graven image) or massekhah (molten image), a to'evah (abomination) unto Hashem, the work of the hands of the charash (craftsman), and sets it up in a secret place. And kol HaAm shall answer and say, Omein.
Job 27:8For what is the tikveh of the chanef, when He cutteth off, 1 when Eloah taketh away, his nefesh? 1
Psalms 69:25Pour out Thine indignation upon them, 1 and let Thy charon af (burning wrath) overtake them. 1
Psalms 73:18Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places; 1 Thou castedst them down into mashu'ot (ruins, destruction). 1
Jeremiah 12:1Tzaddik art Thou, Hashem, 1 when I make legal pleading of my case before Thee; 1 yet mishpatim (justice) I would speak with Thee: 1 Why doth the Derech Resha'im prosper? 1 Why live they all at ease whose dealings are that of the boged (traitor, treacherous)? 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 →