Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
New American Standard Bible
And jealousy kills the simple.
King James Version
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Holman Bible
and jealousy slays the gullible.
International Standard Version
For wrath will slay a fool; zealous anger will kill the naive.
A Conservative Version
For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
American Standard Version
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Amplified
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Bible in Basic English
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
Darby Translation
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
Julia Smith Translation
For to the foolish, and anger will slay, and the simple will jealousy kill.
King James 2000
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.
Modern King James verseion
For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.
NET Bible
For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
New Heart English Bible
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
The Emphasized Bible
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
Webster
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
World English Bible
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn? 2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple, 3 I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 30:1
And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, 'Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'
1 Samuel 18:8-9
And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, 'They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him is only the kingdom;'
Job 18:4
(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
Psalm 14:1
To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Psalm 75:4
I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
Psalm 107:17
Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.
Proverbs 1:22-23
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 8:5
Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
Proverbs 12:16
The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
Hosea 7:11
And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- to Asshur they have gone.
Jonah 4:9
And God saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, 'To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'
Romans 2:8
and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,
2 Timothy 3:6
for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,