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Job 5:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I—I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I haue seene the foolish taking roote: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I have seen the wicked prosper; but his habitation is suddenly destroyed.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I x589
(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
have seen 7200
{7200} Prime
רָאָה
ra'ah
{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
the foolish 191
{0191} Prime
אֱוִיל
'eviyl
{ev-eel'}
From an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly.
taking root: 8327
{8327} Prime
שָׁרַשׁ
sharash
{shaw-rash'}
A primitive root; to root, that is, strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it.
z8688
<8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 857
but suddenly 6597
{6597} Prime
פִּתְאוֹם
pith'owm
{pith-ome'}
From H6621; instantly.
I cursed 5344
{5344} Prime
נָקַב
naqab
{naw-kab'}
A primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
his habitation. 5116
{5116} Prime
נָוֶה
naveh
{naw-veh'}
From H5115; (adjective) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 5:3

_ _ the foolish — the wicked. I have seen the sinner spread his “root” wide in prosperity, yet circumstances “suddenly” occurred which gave occasion for his once prosperous dwelling being “cursed” as desolate (Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36; Jeremiah 17:8).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 5:1-5.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 5:3

Foolish — The wicked man. Root — Not only prosperous for the present, but, as it seemed, firm and secure for the future. Suddenly — In a moment, beyond mine, and his own, and all other mens expectation. Cursed — l saw by the event which followed his prosperity, that he was a man accursed of God.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 5:3

I have seen the (c) foolish taking root: but suddenly I (d) cursed his habitation.

(c) That is, the sinner that does not have the fear of God.

(d) I was not moved by his prosperity but knew that God had cursed him and his.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
taking:

Job 27:8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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.
Psalms 73:3-9 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ... They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalms 73:18-20 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. ... 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:
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? ... 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.

cursed:

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 confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 27:15. Jb 27:8. Ps 37:35; 69:25; 73:3, 18; 92:7. Jr 12:1. Ac 1:20.

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