(KJV) Job 5¹

⥃Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

[1] Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which² of the saints³ wilt thou turn⁴? [2] For wrath⁵ killeth the foolish⁶ man, and envy⁷ slayeth the silly one⁸. [3] I have seen the foolish taking⁹ root: but suddenly I cursed¹⁰ his habitation. [4] His children¹¹ are far from safety, and they are crushed¹² in the gate, neither¹³ [is there] any to deliver [them]. [5] Whose harvest¹⁴ the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns¹⁵, and the robber¹⁶ swalloweth¹⁷ up their substance. [6] Although affliction¹⁸ cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble¹⁹ spring out²⁰ of the ground; [7] Yet man²¹ is born unto trouble²², as the sparks fly upward²³. [8] I would seek²⁴ unto God²⁵, and unto God would I commit my cause: [9] Which doeth²⁶ great things and unsearchable²⁷; marvellous²⁸ things without number²⁹: [10] Who giveth³⁰ rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields³¹: [11] To set up³² on high those³³ that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted³⁴ to safety. [12] He disappointeth³⁵ the devices of the crafty, so that their hands³⁶ cannot perform [their] enterprise³⁷. [13] He taketh³⁸ the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward³⁹ is carried headlong. [14] They meet with⁴⁰ darkness⁴¹ in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. [15] But he saveth⁴² the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. [16] So the poor⁴³ hath hope, and⁴⁴ iniquity stoppeth her mouth. [17] Behold, happy⁴⁵ [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: [18] For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.⁴⁶ [19] He shall deliver thee⁴⁷ in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil⁴⁸ touch thee. [20] In famine⁴⁹ he shall redeem⁵⁰ thee from death: and in war⁵¹ from the power⁵² of the sword. [21] Thou shalt be hid⁵³ from the scourge⁵⁴ of the tongue: neither⁵⁵ shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. [22] At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh⁵⁶: neither shalt thou be afraid⁵⁷ of the beasts of the earth. [23] For thou⁵⁸ shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts⁵⁹ of the field shall be at peace with thee. [24] And thou shalt know⁶⁰ that thy tabernacle⁶¹ [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit⁶² thy habitation, and shalt not sin⁶³. [25] Thou shalt know also that thy seed⁶⁴ [shall be] great⁶⁵, and thine offspring as the grass⁶⁶ of the earth. [26] Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age⁶⁷, like as a shock of corn cometh⁶⁸ in in his season. [27] Lo this, we have searched⁶⁹ it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good⁷⁰.