King James Version
Job 5:1 in the King James Version says “Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? turn: or, look?” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? turn: or, look?”
Job 5:1 · KJV
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? turn: or, look?
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. envy: or, indignation
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“now if there be”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
“any that will answer”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“thee and to which of the saints”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
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