# Job 5 (New King James Version)
Eliphaz: Job Is Chastened by God

##### Chapter 5
###### 1 "Call out now;  
Is there anyone who will answer you?  
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?  

###### 2 For wrath kills a foolish man,  
And envy slays a simple one.  

###### 3 I have seen the foolish taking root,  
But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.  

###### 4 His sons are far from safety,  
They are crushed in the gate,  
And _there is_ no deliverer.  

###### 5 Because the hungry eat up his harvest,  
Taking it even from the thorns,  
And a snare snatches their substance.  

###### 6 For affliction does not come from the dust,  
Nor does trouble spring from the ground;  

###### 7 Yet man is born to trouble,  
As the sparks fly upward.

###### 8 "But as for me, I would seek God,  
And to God I would commit my cause--  

###### 9 Who does great things, and unsearchable,  
Marvelous things without number.  

###### 10 He gives rain on the earth,  
And sends waters on the fields.  

###### 11 He sets on high those who are lowly,  
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.  

###### 12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,  
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.  

###### 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness,  
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.  

###### 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime,  
And grope at noontime as in the night.  

###### 15 But He saves the needy from the sword,  
From the mouth of the mighty,  
And from their hand.  

###### 16 So the poor have hope,  
And injustice shuts her mouth.

###### 17 "Behold, happy _is_ the man whom God corrects;  
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.  

###### 18 For He bruises, but He binds up;  
He wounds, but His hands make whole.  

###### 19 He shall deliver you in six troubles,  
Yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.  

###### 20 In famine He shall redeem you from death,  
And in war from the power of the sword.  

###### 21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,  
And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.  

###### 22 You shall laugh at destruction and famine,  
And you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.  

###### 23 For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field,  
And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.  

###### 24 You shall know that your tent _is_ in peace;  
You shall visit your dwelling and find nothing amiss.  

###### 25 You shall also know that your descendants _shall be_ many,  
And your offspring like the grass of the earth.  

###### 26 You shall come to the grave at a full age,  
As a sheaf of grain ripens in its season.  

###### 27 Behold, this we have searched out;  
It _is_ true.  
Hear it, and know for yourself."