Job 5:3
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
In context
1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Job 5:3 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- KJV King James Version
- I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- WEB World English Bible
- I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- I — I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
- DBY Darby Translation
- I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.