Job 5:3

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

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,

5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

WEB World English Bible: I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
KJV King James Version: 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.