Job 5:3

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 5:3 — American Standard Version

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Context — Job 5

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1Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

2For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

3I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

6For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

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