Job 5:3
I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that shall make any carued or molten image, which is an abomination vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman, and putteth it in a secrete place: And all the people shall answere, and say: So be it.
Job 27:8For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
Psalms 69:25Let their habitation be voide, and let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
Jeremiah 12:1O Lord, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse?
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 →