King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Complete Jewish Bible:
I watch as a fool establishes roots, but I curse his home with sudden [destruction] -
Berean Standard Bible:
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
American Standard Version:
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
I have seen{H7200} the foolish{H191} taking root{H8327}: but suddenly{H6597} I cursed{H5344} his habitation{H5116}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 73:18
- Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psalms 73:20
- As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 37:35
- I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Psalms 37:36
- Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
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:
Job 27:8
- For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Jeremiah 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?
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Commentary for Job 5:3
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7200
There are 1212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָאָה
Transliteration: râʼâh
Pronunciation: raw-aw'
Description: a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions. - Strong's Number: H191
There are 51 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֱוִיל
Transliteration: ʼĕvîyl
Pronunciation: ev-eel'
Description: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man). - Strong's Number: H8327
There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁרַשׁ
Transliteration: shârash
Pronunciation: shaw-rash'
Description: a primitive root; to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it; (take, cause to take) root (out). - Strong's Number: H6597
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פִּתְאוֹם
Transliteration: pithʼôwm
Pronunciation: pith-ome'
Description: or פִּתְאֹם; from פֶּתַע; instantly; straightway, sudden(-ly). - Strong's Number: H5344
There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָקַב
Transliteration: nâqab
Pronunciation: naw-kab'
Description: a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel); appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through. - Strong's Number: H5116
There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָוֶה
Transliteration: nâveh
Pronunciation: naw-veh'
Description: or (feminine) נָוָה; from נָוָה; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den); comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.