Job 5:3

In 11 translations

BSB

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

KJV

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

WEB

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

ASV

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

LSV

I have seen the perverse taking root, || And I mark his habitation straight away,

YLT

I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

DBY

I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

DRC

I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.

GNV

I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,

JPS

I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

LXXE

And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֲֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἐγὼ δὲ ἑώρακα ἄφρονας ῥίζαν βάλλοντας, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως ἐβρώθη αὐτῶν ἡ δίαιτα.

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• Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
• Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
• Psalms 73:3–9For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.…
• Acts 1:20“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
• Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
• Psalms 37:35–36I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
• Job 24:18They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
• Jeremiah 12:1–3Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? You planted them, and they have…
• Deuteronomy 27:15–26‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his…
• Psalms 69:25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

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