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Job 5:3

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

KJV

Ego vidi stultum firma radice, et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.

Vulgate

ἐγὼ δὲ ἑώρακα ἄφρονας ῥίζαν βάλλοντας, ἀλλ’ εὐθέως ἐβρώθη αὐτῶν ἡ δίαιτα.

LXX

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

ASV

אֲֽנִי רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָ/אֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣/הוּ פִתְאֹֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱוִ֣יל
'vyl
adjective · 26×
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
ה
h
verb · 9×
יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁ
yshrsh
verb · 8×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
נְוֵ֣ה
nvh
noun · 35×
פִּתְאֹ֑ם
pt'm
adverb · 25×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Deut 27:15 — 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 sa
  • Jer 12:1 — 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?
  • Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Job 24:18 — He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
  • Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
  • Prov 12:7 — The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
  • Prov 21:12 — The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
  • Ps 37:22 — For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
  • Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
  • Ps 69:25 — Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Ps 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
  • Ps 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: