Job 5:2

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, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple. 3I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

Job 5:2 word by word

כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• envyקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068

Cross-references for Job 5:2

• Job 18:4Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
• Jonah 4:9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death.
• Psalms 14:1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.
• Psalms 75:4I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
• Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.
• Psalms 107:17Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;
• Proverbs 1:22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
• 1 Samuel 18:8And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [what] is there more for him but the kingdom?
• Romans 2:8But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [there shall be] wrath and indignation,
• Hosea 7:11And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
• 2 Timothy 3:6For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,

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

Topics related to Job 5:2

• Anger
• Envy
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Craftiness
• Device
• Enterprise
• Fly
• Mouth
• Trouble
• Eliphaz (2)
• Envy
• Fool; Folly

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