Job 5:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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

He is swift upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: He turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

Job 31:30

(Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse;)

Psalm 37:22

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

Psalm 69:25

Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Acts 1:20

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no man dwell therein: and, His office let another take.