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.
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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