Job 5:2

In 11 translations

BSB

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

KJV

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.envy: or, indignation

WEB

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

ASV

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

LSV

For provocation slays the perverse, || And envy puts to death the simple,

YLT

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

DBY

For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

DRC

Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.

GNV

Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

JPS

For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

LXXE

For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

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WLC

כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀναιρεῖ ὀργὴ, πεπλανημένον δὲ θανατοῖ ζῆλος.

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
• Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
• Psalms 75:4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
• Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
• Proverbs 12:16A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
• Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
• Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
• 1 Samuel 18:8–9And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?” And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous…
• Psalms 107:17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
• Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
• Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
• Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
• Proverbs 1:22–23“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge? If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you;…
• 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
• Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

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