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Passage Lookup: Job 5

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Job 5:1
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"Call if you will, but who will answer you?(a) To which of the holy ones(b) will you turn?
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Job 5:2
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Resentment(c) kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.(d)
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Job 5:3
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I myself have seen(e) a fool taking root,(f) but suddenly(g) his house was cursed.(h)
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Job 5:4
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His children(i) are far from safety,(j) crushed in court(k) without a defender.(l)
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Job 5:5
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The hungry consume his harvest,(m) taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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Job 5:6
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For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(n)
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Job 5:7
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Yet man is born to trouble(o) as surely as sparks fly upward.
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Job 5:8
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"But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.(p)
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Job 5:9
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He performs wonders(q) that cannot be fathomed,(r) miracles that cannot be counted.(s)
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Job 5:10
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He provides rain for the earth;(t) he sends water on the countryside.(u)
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Job 5:11
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The lowly he sets on high,(v) and those who mourn(w) are lifted(x) to safety.
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Job 5:12
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He thwarts the plans(y) of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.(z)
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Job 5:13
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He catches the wise(aa) in their craftiness,(ab) and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(ac)
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Job 5:14
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Darkness(ad) comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.(ae)
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Job 5:15
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He saves the needy(af) from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(ag)
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Job 5:16
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So the poor(ah) have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.(ai)
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Job 5:17
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"Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(aj) so do not despise the discipline(ak) of the Almighty.[a](al)
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Job 5:18
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For he wounds, but he also binds up;(am) he injures, but his hands also heal.(an)
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Job 5:19
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From six calamities he will rescue(ao) you; in seven no harm will touch you.(ap)
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Job 5:20
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In famine(aq) he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.(ar)
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Job 5:21
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You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,(as) and need not fear(at) when destruction comes.(au)
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Job 5:22
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You will laugh(av) at destruction and famine,(aw) and need not fear the wild animals.(ax)
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Job 5:23
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For you will have a covenant(ay) with the stones(az) of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.(ba)
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Job 5:24
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You will know that your tent is secure;(bb) you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.(bc)
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Job 5:25
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You will know that your children will be many,(bd) and your descendants like the grass of the earth.(be)
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Job 5:26
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You will come to the grave in full vigor,(bf) like sheaves gathered in season.(bg)
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Job 5:27
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"We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it(bh) and apply it to yourself."(bi)
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