| 5:1 | Eliphaz: Job Is Chastened by GodEliphaz Continues to Rebuke Job "Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn? |
| 5:2 | For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one. |
| 5:3 | I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place. |
| 5:4 | His sons are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate, And there is no deliverer. |
| 5:5 | Because the hungry eat up his harvest, Taking it even from the thorns, And a snare snatches their substance. |
| 5:6 | For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble spring from the ground; |
| 5:7 | Yet man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward. |
| 5:8 | But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause-- |
| 5:9 | Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number. |
| 5:10 | He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields. |
| 5:11 | He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. |
| 5:12 | He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. |
| 5:13 | He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them. |
| 5:14 | They meet with darkness in the daytime, And grope at noontime as in the night. |
| 5:15 | But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand. |
| 5:16 | So the poor have hope, And injustice shuts her mouth. |
| 5:17 | Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. |
| 5:18 | For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole. |
| 5:19 | He shall deliver you in six troubles, Yes, in seven no evil shall touch you. |
| 5:20 | In famine He shall redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword. |
| 5:21 | You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes. |
| 5:22 | You shall laugh at destruction and famine, And you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
| 5:23 | For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field, And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. |
| 5:24 | You shall know that your tent is in peace; You shall visit your dwelling and find nothing amiss. |
| 5:25 | You shall also know that your descendants shall be many, And your offspring like the grass of the earth. |
| 5:26 | You shall come to the grave at a full age, As a sheaf of grain ripens in its season. |
| 5:27 | Behold, this we have searched out; It is true. Hear it, and know for yourself." |