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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><link rel="canonical" href="https://bibleapps.com/asv/job/5.htm"><title>Job 5 ASV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../bible.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="112" scrolling="no" src="../top.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav1/job/5.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav2/job/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../../menu.htm" width="100%" height="50" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/4.htm" title="Job 4">◄</a> Job 5 <a href="../job/6.htm" title="Job 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">American Standard Version</tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Eliphaz Continues</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/job/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; 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