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Job 5:2
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For anger kills a fool,and jealousy slays the gullible.
For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
Anger kills the fool, and jealousy slays the stupid.
For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
"For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
"For irritation kills the fool, And jealousy brings death to the simple.
For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
For vexation kills the ignorant fool,And jealousy puts to death the simple.
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Envy and jealousy will kill a stupid fool.
For anger kills the fool, and envy slays the silly.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
A fool's anger will kill him. His jealousy will destroy him.
For anger kills the foolish man, and enmity slays the silly one.
To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill the simple.
For vexation kills the fool, and passion causes the simple to die.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.
For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and enuy slayeth the silly one.
For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Wrathfulnesse sleeth `a fonned man, and enuye sleeth a litil child.
For vexation kills the foolish man, And jealousy slays the silly one.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.
Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.
To be bitter kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the child-like.
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
"For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wrath: Job 18:4, Jonah 4:9
the foolish: Psalms 14:1, Psalms 75:4, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 107:17, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 8:5, Ecclesiastes 7:9
envy: or, indignation, Genesis 30:1, 1 Samuel 18:8, 1 Samuel 18:9, Romans 2:8
one: Hosea 7:11, 2 Timothy 3:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:5 - wroth Genesis 4:6 - General Genesis 26:14 - envied Genesis 38:9 - lest that Exodus 1:9 - the people Exodus 1:12 - grieved Judges 8:1 - the men 1 Samuel 20:30 - Saul's 1 Kings 20:43 - went 1 Kings 21:4 - heavy Esther 3:5 - full of wrath Psalms 37:8 - Cease Proverbs 14:30 - envy Proverbs 27:4 - but Daniel 2:12 - General Acts 5:17 - indignation James 3:14 - if
Cross-References
And God created man after his licknesse: after ye licknesse of God created he him, male & female created he them.
And the LORDE God toke man, & set him in the pleasaunt garden of Eden, to dresse it & to kepe it.
Then sayde man: This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was take of man.
So dyd not the one, & yet had he an excellent sprete. What dyd then the one? He sought the sede promised of God. Therfore loke well to youre sprete, & let no man despyse ye wife of his youth.
He answered & sayde vnto the: Haue ye not red, how yt he which made (man) at the begynnynge, made the ma & woma,
But from the first creacion God made the man and woman.
and hath made of one bloude all the generacion of men to dwell vpo all the face of ye earth: and hath assygned borders appoynted before, how longe and farre they shulde dwell,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For wrath killeth the foolish man,.... Not one that is an idiot, and destitute of common sense, and has no understanding in things natural and civil; but a wicked man, who has no knowledge of things divine and spiritual, and so foolish; which is the character of every natural man, and of God's people before conversion; and even of some professors, who are foolish virgins, and carry the lamp of a religious profession without the oil of grace; and such an one Eliphaz took Job to be, whom sooner or later the wrath of the Lord, as the Targum interprets it, which is revealed from heaven, and comes down upon the children of disobedience, would consume like devouring fire: or this may be understood of the wrath and passion of such men themselves, which sometimes rises in them to such an height, as that they die in a fit of it; or do those things which bring them to death, either by the hand of God, or by the civil magistrate:
and envy slayeth the silly one; one that is simple and void of understanding, and is easily persuaded and drawn into sin, either by his own heart, or by evil men, or by the temptations of Satan; and in whose heart envy at the prosperity of others dwells, and which insensibly preys upon him, eats up his own spirits, and is rottenness to his bones, and crumbles them into dust, Proverbs 14:30; or the word may be rendered "jealousy", or "zeal" q, as it sometimes is, and may signify the jealousy of the Lord, zeal for his own glory, which he sometimes stirs up as a man of war, and which smokes against wicked men, and consumes them as fire, see Isaiah 42:13; Eliphaz by all this would represent and insinuate that Job was such a man, hot, passionate, and angry with God and his providence, and envious at the prosperity of others, particularly his friends; and so was a foolish and silly man, in whose breast wrath and envy rested, and would be his ruin and destruction, as he was already under slaying and killing providences.
q קנאה "zelus", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt, Michaelis, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For wrath killeth the foolish man - That is, the wrath of God. The word foolish here is used as synonymous with wicked, because wickedness is supreme folly. The general proposition here is, that the wicked are cut off, and that they are overtaken with heavy calamities in this life. In proof of this, Eliphaz appeals in the following verses to his own observation: The implied inference is, that Job, having had all his possessions taken away, and having been overwhelmed with unspeakably great personal calamities, was to be regarded as having been a great sinner. Some suppose, however, that the word “wrath” here relates to the indignation or the repining of the individual himself, and that the reference is to the fact that such wrath or repining preys upon the spirit, and draws down the divine vengeance. This is the view of Schultens, and of Noyes. But it seems more probable that Eliphaz means to state the proposition, that the wrath of God burns against the wicked, and that the following verses are an illustration of this sentiment, derived from his own observation.
And envy - Margin, “indignation.” Jerome, invidia, envy. Septuagint ζῆλος zēlos. Castellio, severitas ac vehementia. The Hebrew word קנאה qı̂n'âh means jealousy, envy, ardor, zeal. It may be applied to any strong affection of the mind; any fervent, glowing, and burning emotion. Gesenius supposes it means here envy, as excited by the prosperity of others. To me it seems that the connection requires us to understand it of wrath, or indignation, as in Deuteronomy 29:20; Psalms 79:5. As applied to God, it often means his jealousy, or his anger, when the affections of people are placed on other objects than himself; Numbers 25:11; Zephaniah 1:18, et al.
Slayeth the silly one - Good and Noyes render this, “the weak man.” Jerome, parvulum, the little one. The Septuagint, πεπλανημένον peplanēmenon, the erring. Walton, ardelionem, the busy-body. The Hebrew word פתה poteh is from פתה pâthâh, to open, go expand; and hence, the participleis applied to one who opens his lips, or whose mouth is open; that is, a garrulous person, Proverbs 20:19; and also to one who is open-hearted, frank, ingenuous, unsuspicious; and hence, one who is easily influenced by others, or whose heart may be easily enticed. Thus, it comes to mean one who is simple and foolish. In this sense it is used here, to denote one who is so simple and foolish as to be drawn aside by weak arguments and unfounded opinions. I have no doubt that Eliphaz meant, by insinuation, to apply this to Job, as being a weak-minded man, for having allowed the views which he entertained to make such an impression on his mind, and for having expressed himself as he had done. The proposition is general; but it would be easy to undertand how he intended it to be applied.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 5:2. For wrath killeth the foolish man — Foolish, silly, and simple, are epithets given by Solomon to sinners and transgressors of all kinds. Such parallelisms have afforded a presumptive argument that Solomon was the author of this book. See the preface. Job 1:1 The words of Eliphaz may be considered as a sort of maxim, which the wisdom and experience of ages had served to establish; viz., The wrath of God is manifested only against the wicked and impious; and if thou wert not such, God would not thus contend with thee.
