English / ERV
Job 5
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1“Job, call out if you want, and see if anyone answers! But to which of the angels will you turn?
- 2A fool’s anger will kill him. His jealousy will destroy him.
- 3I saw a fool who thought he was safe, but suddenly he died.[1]
- 4There was no one to help his children. No one defended them in court.
- 5Hungry people ate all his crops, even the grain growing among the thorns, and greedy people took all he had.
- 6Bad times don’t come up from the dirt. Trouble does not grow from the ground.
- 7But people are born to have trouble, as surely as sparks rise from a fire.
- 8If I were you, I would turn to God and tell him about my problems.
- 9People cannot understand the wonderful things God does. His miracles are too many to count.
- 10He sends rain all over the earth and waters the fields.
- 11He raises up the humble and makes sad people happy.
- 12He spoils the plans of even the smartest people so that they will not succeed.
- 13He catches those who think they are wise in their own clever traps and brings to an end their evil plans.
- 14Daylight will be like darkness for them. Even at noon they will have to feel their way as in the dark.
- 15God saves the poor from the hurtful words of the wicked. He saves them from those who are powerful.
- So the poor have hope; God shuts the mouths of those who would cause them harm.