New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 5:11-27

11So that 1He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.12He 2frustrates the schemes of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.13He 3captures the wise by their own cleverness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.14By day they 4meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night.15But He saves from 5the sword of their mouth, And 6the poor from the hand of the strong.16So the helpless has hope, And 7injustice has shut its mouth.

17“Behold, 8happy is the person whom God disciplines, So do not reject the 9discipline of 10the Almighty.18For 11He inflicts pain, and 12gives relief; He wounds, but His hands also heal.19In six troubles 13He will save you; Even in seven, 14evil will not touch you.20In 15famine He will redeem you from death, And 16in war, from the power of the sword.21You will be 17hidden 18from the scourge of the tongue, 19And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.22You will 20laugh at violence and hunger, 21And you will not be afraid of 22wild animals.23For you will be in league with the stones of the field, And 23the animals of the field will be at peace with you.24You will know that your 24tent is secure, For you will visit your home and 25have nothing missing.25You will also know that your 26 27descendants will be many, And 28your offspring as the grass of the earth.26You will 29come to the grave at a ripe age, Like the stacking of grain in its season.27Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself.”

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Notes

1. Job 5:11 Job 22:29; 36:7 ↩
2. Job 5:12 Ps 33:10 ↩
3. Job 5:13 Job 37:24; 1 Cor 3:19 ↩
4. Job 5:14 Job 12:25; 15:30; 18:18; 20:26; 24:13 ↩
5. Job 5:15 Job 4:10, 11; Ps 35:10 ↩
6. Job 5:15 Job 29:17; 34:28; 36:6, 15; 38:15 ↩
7. Job 5:16 Ps 107:42 ↩
8. Job 5:17 Ps 94:12 ↩
9. Job 5:17 Job 36:15, 16; Prov 3:11; Heb 12:5-11; James 1:12 ↩
10. Job 5:17 Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6 ↩
11. Job 5:18 Deut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6; Is 30:26; Hos 6:1 ↩
12. Job 5:18 Lit binds ↩
13. Job 5:19 Ps 34:19 ↩
14. Job 5:19 Ps 91:10 ↩
15. Job 5:20 Ps 33:19; 37:19 ↩
16. Job 5:20 Ps 144:10 ↩
17. Job 5:21 Job 5:15; Ps 31:20 ↩
18. Job 5:21 Lit at ↩
19. Job 5:21 Ps 91:5, 6 ↩
20. Job 5:22 Job 8:21 ↩
21. Job 5:22 Ps 91:13; Ezek 34:25; Hos 2:18 ↩
22. Job 5:22 Lit animals of the earth ↩
23. Job 5:23 Is 11:6-9; 65:25 ↩
24. Job 5:24 Job 8:6 ↩
25. Job 5:24 Lit not miss ↩
26. Job 5:25 Lit seed ↩
27. Job 5:25 Ps 112:2 ↩
28. Job 5:25 Is 44:3, 4; 48:19 ↩
29. Job 5:26 Job 42:17 ↩

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