Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and jealousy slays the gullible.
New American Standard Bible
And jealousy kills the simple.
King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
International Standard Version
For wrath will slay a fool; zealous anger will kill the naive.
A Conservative Version
For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
American Standard Version
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Amplified
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Bible in Basic English
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
Darby Translation
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
Julia Smith Translation
For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill.
King James 2000
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.
Modern King James verseion
For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.
NET Bible
For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
New Heart English Bible
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
The Emphasized Bible
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
Webster
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
World English Bible
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
Youngs Literal Translation
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
1
Which of the holy ones
and jealousy slays the gullible.
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!”
1 Samuel 18:8-9
Saul was furious and resented this song.
Job 18:4
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?
Psalm 14:1
For the choir director. Davidic.
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.
Psalm 75:4
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
Psalm 92:6
a fool does not understand this:
Psalm 107:17
because of their rebellious ways and their sins.
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long will you mockers
and you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
Proverbs 12:16
but whoever ignores an insult is sensible.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
for anger abides in the heart of fools.
Hosea 7:11
they call to Egypt,
Jonah 4:9
Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”
“Yes,” he replied. “It is right. I’m angry enough to die!”
Romans 2:8
but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking
2 Timothy 3:6
For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,