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Job 5:1
Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?
Job 5:1 · Bible in Basic English
Job 5:1 in other translations
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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In context
1 Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?
2 For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.
4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
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