Job 5:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² For wrath killeth the foolish man, And envy slayeth the silly one.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For vexation and rage kill the foolish man; jealousy and indignation slay the simple.

American Standard Version (1901)

² For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

Common English Bible

² Surely anger can kill the foolish; fury can kill the simple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Anger indeed killeth the foolish: and envy slayeth the little one.

Job 5:2 Cross References

Genesis 30:1

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Job 18:4

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Psalm 107:17

Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Psalm 14:1

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; there is none that doeth good.

Psalm 75:4

I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly: And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Psalm 92:6

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's vexation is presently known: But a prudent man concealeth shame.

Proverbs 19:16

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul: But he that is careless of his ways shall die.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty: For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand subtilty; And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Hosea 7:11

And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry even unto death.

Romans 2:8

but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be wrath and indignation,

2 Timothy 3:6

For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,