Job 5:1-5 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

1. Call out, Job. See if anyone answers.Is there any angel to whom you can turn?

2. To worry yourself to death with resentmentwould be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

3. I have seen fools who looked secure,but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.

4. Their children can never find safety;no one stands up to defend them in court.

5. Hungry people will eat the fool's crops —even the grain growing among thorns —and thirsty people will envy his wealth.

12-13. He upsets the plans of cunning people,and traps the wise in their own schemes,so that nothing they do succeeds;

Job 5