Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalms 69:25Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
Psalms 73:18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Jeremiah 12:1You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
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 →