--- title: Job 5 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 5 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Call now; is there any that will answer thee? 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And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? - [5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.2/) — כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃ — For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. - [5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.3/) — אֲ‍ֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ — I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed. - [5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.4/) — יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃ — His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them. - [5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.5/) — אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃ — Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance. - [5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.6/) — כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃ — For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; - [5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.7/) — כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃ — But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. - [5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.8/) — אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ — But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause; - [5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.9/) — עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ — Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; - [5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.10/) — הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃ — Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields; - [5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.11/) — לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ — So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety. - [5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.12/) — מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ — He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial. - [5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.13/) — לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ — He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong. - [5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.14/) — יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ — They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night. - [5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.15/) — וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ — But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty. - [5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.16/) — וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ — So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. - [5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.17/) — הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ — Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. - [5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.18/) — כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ — For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole. - [5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.19/) — בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃ — He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. - [5:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.20/) — בְּרָעָב פָּֽדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ — In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. - [5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.21/) — בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃ — Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. - [5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.22/) — לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ — At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. - [5:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.23/) — כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃ — For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. - [5:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.24/) — וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃ — And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing. - [5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.25/) — וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ — Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. - [5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.26/) — תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ — Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season. - [5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.27/) — הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃פ — Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. - ← previous: [Job 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/4/) - next →: [Job 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/6/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)