Job 5:3
I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed, be the man that maketh an image—cut or molten—an abomination unto Yahweh the work of the hands of the craftsman and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and say—Amen.
Job 27:8For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
Psalms 69:25Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents, be there none to dwell:
Psalms 73:18Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,—Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee,—Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee,—Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? [Wherefore] have all, utter traitors, been at ease?
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 →