Job 5:3

King James Version (KJV)

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

In context

1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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.