Job 5:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.”
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BSBPD
“I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I--I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 5:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘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!’
- 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.
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalms 69:25May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous 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?
- 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.’
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