Parallel Verses
Amplified
“I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering],
But I cursed his dwelling immediately [for his destruction was certain].
New American Standard Bible
And I
King James Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Holman Bible
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
International Standard Version
"I myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived.
A Conservative Version
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
American Standard Version
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Bible in Basic English
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.
Darby Translation
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Julia Smith Translation
I saw the foolish one taking root, and suddenly I shall curse his habitation.
King James 2000
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
Modern King James verseion
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,
NET Bible
I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
New Heart English Bible
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
The Emphasized Bible
I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
Webster
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
World English Bible
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Youngs Literal Translation
I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
2
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
“I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering],
But I cursed his dwelling immediately [for his destruction was certain].
“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],
They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,
And there is no
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
Deuteronomy 27:15-26
‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved or cast image (idol), a repulsive thing to the Lord, the work of the hands of the artisan, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
Job 24:18
“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
Job 27:8
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Psalm 69:25
May their encampment be desolate;
May no one dwell in their tents.
Psalm 73:3-9
For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Jeremiah 12:1-3
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
Acts 1:20
“For in the book of Psalms it is written,
And let there be no one to live in it’;
and [again],