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Job Chapter 5 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Job 5:2

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
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BBE Job 5:2

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
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DARBY Job 5:2

For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
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KJV Job 5:2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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WBT Job 5:2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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WEB Job 5:2

For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
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YLT Job 5:2

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. For "wrath" and "envy "others suggest "vexaation" and "impatience" (Lee), or "vexation" and "jealousy" (Revised Version). The connection of thought seems to be, "For thou art quite foolish enough to let thy vexation and impatience prompt thee to such a course, which could only lead to thy destruction." Eliphaz is quite sure that trust in any other beside God, and appeal to any other against God, is utter folly, sinful infatuation, and must lead to the ruin of whoever indulges in it. Thus the invocation of angels receives no countenance from him, but the contrary.

Ellicott's Commentary