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Job 5:3

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

Job 5:3 · World English Bible

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Job 5:3 in other translations

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.

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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

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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.

6 For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

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