New Living Translation
Job 5:2
2Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills 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“Cry for help, but will anyone answer you? Which of the angels will help you? Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple. 3I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster. 4Their children are abandoned far from help; they are crushed in court with no one to defend 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 may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?
- Jonah 4:9Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?” “Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”
- Psalms 14:1Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!
- Psalms 75:4“I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’ I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!
- Psalms 92:6Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this:
- Psalms 107:17Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5You simple people, use good judgment. You foolish people, show some understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she wasn’t having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She pleaded with Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”
- 1 Samuel 18:8This made Saul very angry. “What’s this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they’ll be making him their king!”
- Romans 2:8But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness.
- Hosea 7:11“The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves, first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.
- 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires.
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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