| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? | 1"Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? |
| 2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. | 2For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one. |
| 3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. | 3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence. |
| 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. | 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them. |
| 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. | 5The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune. |
| 6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; | 6For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground, |
| 7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. | 7but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward. |
| 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: | 8"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case. |
| 9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: | 9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number; |
| 10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: | 10he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields; |
| 11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. | 11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety. |
| 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. | 12He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! |
| 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. | 13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end. |
| 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. | 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night. |
| 15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. | 15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. |
| 16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. | 16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth. |
| 17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: | 17"Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. |
| 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. | 18For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal. |
| 19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. | 19He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you. |
| 20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. | 20In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword. |
| 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. | 21You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes. |
| 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. | 22You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
| 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. | 23For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. |
| 24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. | 24And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything. |
| 25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. | 25You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. |
| 26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. | 26You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season. |
| 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. | 27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good." |
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