5Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.


In Context

2 For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.

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

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.

6 Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Job 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.