1 Make your appeal then. Will you find an answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Resentment kills the senseless, and anger brings death to the fool.
3 I have seen the senseless taking root, when a curse fell suddenly on his house.
4 His children are deprived of prop and stay, ruined at the gate, and no one to defend them;
5 their harvest goes to feed the hungry, God snatches it from their mouths, and covetous people thirst for their possessions.
6 No, misery does not grow out of the soil, nor sorrow spring from the ground.
7 It is people who breed trouble for themselves as surely as eagles fly to the height.
8 If I were you, I should appeal to God and lay my case before him.
9 His works are great, past all reckoning, marvels beyond all counting.
10 He sends down rain to the earth, pours down water on the fields.
11 If his will is to raise up the downcast, or exalt the afflicted to the heights of prosperity,
12 he frustrates the plans of the artful so that they cannot succeed in their intrigues.
13 He traps the crafty in the snare of their own trickery, throws the plans of the cunning into disarray.
14 In daylight they come up against darkness, and grope their way as if noon were night.
15 He rescues the bankrupt from their jaws, and the needy from the grasp of the mighty.
16 Hope springs afresh for the weak, and wickedness must shut its mouth.
17 Blessed are those whom God corrects! Do not then scorn the lesson of Shaddai!
18 For he who wounds is he who soothes the sore, and the hand that hurts is the hand that heals.
19 Six times he will deliver you from sorrow, and the seventh time, evil will not touch you.
20 In time of famine, he will save you from death, and in wartime from the stroke of the sword.
21 You will be safe from the lash of the tongue, unafraid at the approach of the despoiler.
22 You will laugh at drought and frost, and have no fear of the beasts of the earth.
23 You will have a pact with the stones of the field, and live in amity with wild beasts.
24 You will know that your tent is secure, and your sheepfold unharmed when you inspect it.
25 You will see your descendants multiply, your offspring grow like the grass in the fields.
26 At a ripe age you will go to the grave, like a wheatsheaf stacked in due season.
27 All this we have observed and it is so! Heed it, you will be the wiser for it!
Versículos relacionados com Job, 5:
In Job chapter 5, Elifaz, one of Job's friends, responds to Job's affliction and tries to comfort him. Elifaz argues that God does not punish the righteous, and that Job must repent of his sins to find the restoration. Following are five verses related to the topics covered in Job 5:
Psalm 34:19: "There are many afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him from all." This verse talks about the difficulties that the righteous face, but also about God's faithfulness to free them.
Proverbs 3:11-12: "Do not despise, my son, the punishment of the Lord, nor faints when he is rebuked by him; for the Lord punishes whom he loves, just as the Father to the Son to whom he wants well." This verse addresses the idea that suffering can be a means of correction and discipline by God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4: "Blessed be the God and the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies and God of all consolation, who comforts us in all our tribulations, so that we may also comfort those who are in Some tribulation, with the consolation we are comforted by God. " This verse talks about God's consolation in times of tribulation, and the importance of sharing this consolation with others.
James 5:11: "Behold, we have Blessed are those who have suffered. You have heard what was the patience of Job, and saw the end that the Lord gave him; for the Lord is full of mercy and compassionate." This verse mentions Job's patience in the midst of affliction, and emphasizes God's compassion and mercy.
Isaiah 41:10: "Do not fear, because I am with you, do not haunt yourself, because I am your God; I strengthen you, and help you, and I support you with my faithful right hand." This verse talks about the presence of God and his faithfulness to sustain and strengthen those who trust in Him.
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