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5:1  “Call if you want to, Job, ·but no one [L is there anyone who…?] will answer you. ·You can’t [L Can you…?] turn to any of the holy ones [C angels].
5:2  ·Anger [Irritation] kills the fool, and jealousy slays the ·stupid [or naïve; simpleminded; C these emotions can lead to death; Prov. 14:30; 27:4].
5:3  I have seen a fool ·succeed [L taking root], but I cursed his ·home [household; pasturage] ·immediately [suddenly].
5:4  His children are far from safety and are crushed in court with no ·defense [or rescuer].
5:5  The hungry eat his harvest, even taking what grew among the thorns, and thirsty people ·want [L pant after] his wealth.
5:6  ·Hard times do [Misery does] not come up from the ·ground [dust], and trouble does not ·grow [sprout] from the earth [C they come from anger and jealousy].
5:7  People ·produce [L are born for] trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
5:8  “But if I were you, I would ·call on [L seek] God and ·bring my problem [L commit my thoughts/cause] before him [C argues that Job needs to repent].
5:9  God does wonders that cannot be understood; he does so many ·miracles [marvelous acts] they cannot be counted.
5:10  He gives rain to the earth and sends water on the fields.
5:11  He makes the ·humble [lowly] person important [Ps. 113] and lifts ·the sad [mourners] to places of safety.
5:12  He ruins the ·plans [pretensions; strategies] of those who ·trick others [are crafty] so ·they [L their hands] have no success.
5:13  He catches the ·wise [crafty; clever] in their own ·clever traps [craftiness] and ·sweeps away [ends; finishes off] the ·plans [advice; schemes] of those who ·try to trick others [are wily].
5:14  Darkness ·covers them up [or encounters them] in the daytime; even at noon they ·feel [grope] around in the dark.
5:15  God saves the needy from their lies and from the harm done by powerful people.
5:16  So the poor have hope, while those who are ·unfair [unjust] ·are silenced [L shut their mouth].
5:17  “The one whom God ·corrects [reproves] is ·happy [blessed], so do not ·hate being corrected by [L reject/despise the instruction of] the Almighty [Prov. 3:11–12].
5:18  God ·hurts [wounds], but he also bandages up; he ·injures [strikes], but his hands also heal.
5:19  He will ·save [rescue] you from six ·troubles [dangers]; even seven ·troubles [or evils] will not ·harm [L touch] you [C “six…seven” is a poetic way of saying “all troubles”].
5:20  God will ·buy you back [redeem/ransom you] from death in times of ·hunger [famine], and in ·battle [war] he will save you from the sword.
5:21  You will be ·protected [hidden] from the ·tongue that strikes like a whip [lash of the tongue], and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.
5:22  You will laugh at destruction and hunger [Ps. 112:7], and you will not fear the wild animals,
5:23  because you will have an ·agreement [treaty; alliance; covenant] with the stones in the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you [C describes a peaceful relationship with all nature].
5:24  You will know that your tent is safe, because you will ·check [visit] ·the things you own [your pasturage/home] and find nothing missing.
5:25  You will know that you will have many ·children [descendants], and your ·descendants [offspring] will be like the grass on the earth.
5:26  You will come to the grave ·with all your strength [or at a ripe old age], like bundles of grain gathered at the right time.
5:27  “We have ·checked [examined] this, and it is true, so hear it and ·decide what it means to you [know it yourself].”