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Job 5:2
2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 5:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- New International Version (NIV)Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.
Context of Job 5:2
1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. 3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. 4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 5:2
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 75:4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
- Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Psalms 107:17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- 1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
- Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
Commentaries on Job 5:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For wrath killeth the foolish man - Foolish, silly, and simple, are epithets given by Solomon to sinners and transgressors of all kinds. Such parallelisms have afforded a presumptive argument that Solomon was the author of this book. See the preface. The words of Eliphaz may be considered as a sort of maxim, which the wisdom and experience of ages had served to establish; viz., The wrath of God is manifested only against the wicked and impious; and if…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For wrath killeth the foolish man - That is, the wrath of God. The word foolish here is used as synonymous with wicked, because wickedness is supreme folly. The general proposition here is, that the wicked are cut off, and that they are overtaken with heavy calamities in this life. In proof of this, Eliphaz appeals in the following verses to his own observation: The implied inference is, that Job, having had all his possessions taken away, and having been…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. wrath ... envy--fretful and passionate complaints, such as Eliphaz charged Job with (Job 4:5; so Pr 14:30). Not, the wrath of God killeth the foolish, and His envy, &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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