Christian Standard Bible
Job 5:2
2For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible.
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
1Call out! Will anyone answer you? Which of the holy ones will you turn to? For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible. 3I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home. 4His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the city gate, with no one to rescue them.
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כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:2
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger — should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place?
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “Yes, it’s right!” he replied. “I’m angry enough to die!”
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.” They are corrupt; they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 75:4I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
- Psalms 92:6A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this:
- Psalms 107:17Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- 1 Samuel 18:8Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
- Romans 2:8but wrath and anger to those who are self-seeking and disobey the truth while obeying unrighteousness.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.
- 2 Timothy 3:6For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of 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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