Job 5:1-9 New Century Version (NCV)

1. “Call if you want to, Job, but no one will answer you.You can’t turn to any of the holy ones.

2. Anger kills the fool,and jealousy slays the stupid.

3. I have seen a fool succeed,but I cursed his home immediately.

4. His children are far from safetyand are crushed in court with no defense.

5. The hungry eat his harvest,even taking what grew among the thorns,and thirsty people want his wealth.

6. Hard times do not come up from the ground,and trouble does not grow from the earth.

7. People produce troubleas surely as sparks fly upward.

8. “But if I were you, I would call on Godand bring my problem before him.

9. God does wonders that cannot be understood;he does so many miracles they cannot be counted.

Job 5