Job 5

“Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.” The line’s distinctive content terms include cursed, foolish, habitation. Its relationship to verses 2 and 4 shows what work it does in this passage.

“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.” Naming His keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their…” Naming Whose keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;” Naming Although keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” Naming Yet keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:” The verse names God rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:” The line’s distinctive content terms include doeth, marvellous, number. Its relationship to verses 8 and 10 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:” The line’s distinctive content terms include earth, fields, giveth. Its relationship to verses 9 and 11 shows what work it does in this passage.

“To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.” The line’s distinctive content terms include exalted, high, mourn. Its relationship to verses 10 and 12 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.” The line’s distinctive content terms include crafty, devices, disappointeth. Its relationship to verses 11 and 13 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.” The line’s distinctive content terms include carried, counsel, craftiness. Its relationship to verses 12 and 14 shows what work it does in this passage.

“They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.” The line’s distinctive content terms include darkness, daytime, grope. Its relationship to verses 13 shows what work it does in this passage.

“But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.” The line’s distinctive content terms include hand, mighty, mouth. Its relationship to verses 16 shows what work it does in this passage.

“So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:” Naming Almighty keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.” The line’s distinctive content terms include afraid, beasts, destruction. Its relationship to verses 23 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.” The line’s distinctive content terms include good, hear, know. Its relationship to verses 26 shows what work it does in this passage.