Job 5:3
I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In Context
2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
4Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:15'Cursed [is] the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put [it] in a secret place, — and all the people have answered and said, Amen.
Job 27:8For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
Psalms 69:25Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.
Psalms 73:18Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
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 →