3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.


In Context

1 "Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

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

Job 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.