Job 5
- 1Call now, if there is any who will answer you. And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
- 2For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy kills the silly one.
- 3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
- 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
- 5Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
- 6Although suffering does not come out from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground.
- 7Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
- 8I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause.
- 9Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,
- 10Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:
- 11To set up on high those who are low, that those who mourn may be lifted high to safety.
- 12He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- 13He takes the wise in their own tricks, and the counsel of the crooked is carried headlong.
- 14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noon as in the night.
- 15But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- 16So the poor has hope, and wrongdoing stops her mouth.
- 17Happy is the man God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
- 18For he makes sore, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.
- 19He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
- 20In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
- 21You shall be hid from the whip of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
- 22At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
- 23For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
- 24And you shall know that your tent shall be in peace. You shall visit your home, and shall not sin.
- 25You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
- 26You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in at its season.
- 27See this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 5 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVCall now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
GIGAKJVCall now, if there is any who will answer you. And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
KJVFor wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
GIGAKJVFor wrath kills the foolish man, and envy kills the silly one.
KJVI have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
GIGAKJVI have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
KJVWhose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
GIGAKJVWhose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
KJVAlthough affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
GIGAKJVAlthough suffering does not come out from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground.
KJVYet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
GIGAKJVYet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
KJVI would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
GIGAKJVI would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause.
KJVWhich doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
GIGAKJVWho does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,
KJVWho giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
GIGAKJVWho gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields:
KJVTo set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
GIGAKJVTo set up on high those who are low, that those who mourn may be lifted high to safety.
KJVHe disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
GIGAKJVHe disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
KJVHe taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
GIGAKJVHe takes the wise in their own tricks, and the counsel of the crooked is carried headlong.
KJVThey meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
GIGAKJVThey meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noon as in the night.
KJVBut he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
GIGAKJVBut he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
KJVSo the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
GIGAKJVSo the poor has hope, and wrongdoing stops her mouth.
KJVBehold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
GIGAKJVHappy is the man God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
KJVFor he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
GIGAKJVFor he makes sore, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.
KJVHe shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
GIGAKJVHe shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
KJVIn famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
GIGAKJVIn famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
KJVThou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
GIGAKJVYou shall be hid from the whip of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
KJVAt destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
GIGAKJVAt destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
KJVFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
GIGAKJVFor you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
KJVAnd thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall know that your tent shall be in peace. You shall visit your home, and shall not sin.
KJVThou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
GIGAKJVYou shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
KJVThou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
GIGAKJVYou shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in at its season.
KJVLo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
GIGAKJVSee this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.
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