Job 5:3

I have seen a foolish person taking root, 1 but suddenly I cursed his home. 1

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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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2For anger kills the foolish man; 1 jealousy kills the silly one. 1

4His children are far from safety; 1 they are crushed in the city gate. 1 There is no one to rescue them. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:15'May the man be cursed who makes a carved or cast figure, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and who sets it up in secret.' Then all the people must answer and say, 'Amen.'

Job 27:8For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off, 1 when God takes away his life? 1

Psalms 69:25Let their place be a desolation; 1 let no one live in their tents. 1

Psalms 73:18Surely you put them in slippery places; 1 you bring them down to ruin. 1

Jeremiah 12:1You are righteous, Yahweh, whenever I bring disputes to you. 1 I must certainly tell you of my reason to complain: Why do the ways of the wicked succeed? All the faithless people are successful. 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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