New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 5:3
Job 5:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- New International Version (NIV)I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
Context of Job 5:3
1“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn? 2For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple. I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately. 4His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, And there is no deliverer. 5His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:3 word by word
אֲֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 5:3
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
- Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 92:7That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
- Psalms 69:25May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.
- Acts 1:20“For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his homestead be made desolate, And let no one dwell in it’; and, ‘Let another man take his office.’
Commentaries on Job 5:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I have seen the foolish taking root - I have seen wicked men for a time in prosperity, and becoming established in the earth; but I well knew, from God's manner of dealing with men, that they must soon be blasted. I even ventured to pronounce their doom; for I knew that, in the order of God's providence, that was inevitable. I cursed his habitation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I have seen the foolish - The wicked. To confirm the sentiment which he had just advanced, Eliphaz appeals to his own observation, and says that though the wicked for a time seem to be prosperous, yet he had observed that they were soon overtaken with calamity and cut down. He evidently means that prosperity was no evidence of the divine favor; but that when it had continued for a little time, and was then withdrawn, it was proof that the man who had been…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the foolish--the wicked. I have seen the sinner spread his "root" wide in prosperity, yet circumstances "suddenly" occurred which gave occasion for his once prosperous dwelling being "cursed" as desolate (Psa 37:35, 36; Jr 17:8).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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