Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the artificer, and putteth it in a secret place : and all the people shall answer, and say Amen.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Psalms 69:25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me speak with thee of thy judgments: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? why are they all happy that 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 →