King James Version
Job 5:3 in the King James Version says “I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.”
Job 5:3 · 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.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I have seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“taking root”
H8327to root, i.e., strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
“I cursed”
H5344to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
“his habitation”
H5116(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of god (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild
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