Job 5:2
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
In Context
1Call now; is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Cross References
Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Psalms 14:1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; there is none that doeth good.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this:
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 12:16A fool’s vexation is presently known: but a prudent man concealeth shame.
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 →