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


In Context

1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

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

4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their 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 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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