Cross References

Job 5:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I have seen fools take root. But God sends a curse, suddenly uprooting them

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Those sinners are filthy foam on the surface of the water. And so, their fields and vineyards will fall under a curse and won't produce.

Such people are hopeless, and God All-Powerful will cut them down,

Neither have I sinned by asking God to send down on them the curse of death.

Everyone the LORD blesses will receive the land; everyone the LORD curses will be destroyed.

Destroy their camp and don't let anyone live in their tents.

Though the wicked sprout and spread like grass, they will be pulled up by their roots.

In the book of Psalms it says, “Leave his house empty, and don't let anyone live there.” It also says, “Let someone else have his job.”