Job 5:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.”

Job 5:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 5:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 5:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.”

Job 5:3 — World English Bible

Job 5:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.”

Job 5:3 — American Standard Version

Job 5:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“I--I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,”

Job 5:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 5:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. ”

Job 5:3 — Darby Translation

Job 5:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,”

Job 5:3 — Geneva Bible

Job 5:3 in Context — Job 5

1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

2 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.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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What Does Job 5:3 Mean?

Job 5:3 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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