# Job 5.2

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
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> **2. For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.**
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> 3. I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4. His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them: (Job 5:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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> **2. For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.**
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> 3. I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4. His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, (Job 5:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? <sup>turn: or, look?</sup>
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> **2. For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. <sup>envy: or, indignation</sup>**
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> 3. I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. (Job 5:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
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> **2. For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,**
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> 3. I, I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway, 4. Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer. (Job 5:1-4, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H7065 - qana](/codex/h7065-qana/)
- [H7068 - qinah](/codex/h7068-qinah/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.