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Job 5:7-18
New International Version
Job 5:7-18
New International Version
7 Yet man is born to trouble(A)
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.(B)
9 He performs wonders(C) that cannot be fathomed,(D)
miracles that cannot be counted.(E)
10 He provides rain for the earth;(F)
he sends water on the countryside.(G)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(H)
and those who mourn(I) are lifted(J) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(K) of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(L)
13 He catches the wise(M) in their craftiness,(N)
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(O)
14 Darkness(P) comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.(Q)
15 He saves the needy(R) from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(S)
16 So the poor(T) have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(U)
Footnotes
- Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
Job 5:7-18
King James Version
Job 5:7-18
King James Version
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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