Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
In other versions
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
ASV
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.
BBE
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
DBY
I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
WEB
I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
YLT
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
ENG
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
WBT
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
BSB
In context
1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.