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


In Context

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.

6 For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.

7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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