Job 5:2
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- KJV
- For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- WEB
- For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
- ASV
- For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
- DARBY
- For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
- BLB
- For indignation kills the foolish, and jealousy kills the simple.
- ÅB
- For harme slår dåren ihjel, og vrede dreper den tåpelige.
- OTB
- For irritasjon dreper dåren,
Og sjalusi bringer død til den naive. - B1930
- For harme slår dåren ihjel, og vrede dreper den tåpelige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Read in contextJob 18:4
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Read in contextHosea 7:11
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Read in contextPsalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Read in contextPsalms 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Read in contextGenesis 30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Read in context1 Samuel 18:8–9
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Read in contextPsalms 75:4
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
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