Job 5:3

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What does Job 5:3 mean?

Job 5:3 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Job 5:3

• Psalms 73:18-20

  Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

• Psalms 92:7

  When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

• Deuteronomy 27:15-26

  Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. …

• Psalms 37:35-36

  I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

• Job 27:8

  For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

• Job 24:18

  He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

• Jeremiah 12:1-3

  Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

• Psalms 73:3-9

  For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. …

• Psalms 69:25

  Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

• Acts 1:20

  For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

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Context

• Job 5:2

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

• Job 5:3

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

• Job 5:4

  His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

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