Job 5:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ I have seen fools taking root, but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering], but suddenly I saw that his dwelling was cursed [for his doom was certain].

American Standard Version (1901)

³ I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Common English Bible

³ I’ve seen the foolish take root and promptly curse their house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ I have seen a fool with a strong root: and I cursed his beauty immediately.

Job 5:3 Cross References

Job 24:18

“Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion in the land is cursed; no treader turns toward their vineyards.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives?

Job 31:30

I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse—

Psalm 37:22

surely those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

Psalm 69:25

May their camp be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.

Psalm 92:7

though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever,

Acts 1:20

“For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it’; and ‘Let another take his position of overseer.’