Job 5:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Job 5:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. …
Psalms 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. …
Psalms 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:
Deuteronomy 27:15-26
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. …
Job 24:18
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Topics

Envy Hatred Jealousy Murmuring Strife Wicked (people)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

A very warm dispute being begun between Job and his friends, Eliphaz here makes a fair motion to put the matter to a reference. In all debates perhaps the sooner this is done the better if the contenders cannot end it between themselves. So well assured is Eliphaz of the goodness of his own cause that he moves Job himself to choose the arbitrators (Job 5:1): Call now, if there be any that will ans…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. the foolish--the wicked. I have seen the sinner spread his “root” wide in prosperity, yet circumstances “suddenly” occurred which gave occasion for his once prosperous dwelling being “cursed” as desolate (Psa 37:35, 36; Jr 17:8).