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


In Context

1 |Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

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

4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

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

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

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 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.