Job 5:2

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Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?	For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.	I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For wrath^H3708 killeth^H2026 the foolish man^H191, and envy^H7068 slayeth^H4191 the silly one^H6601.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
לֶֽ֭/אֱוִיל	Le./'e.vil	H191	HR/Aamsa	(to)/ a fool
יַהֲרָג	ya.ha.rog-	H2026	HVqi3ms	it slays
כָּ֑עַשׂ	Ka.'as	H3708	HNcmsa	vexation
וּ֝/פֹתֶ֗ה	u./fo.Teh	H6601	HC/Vqrmsa	and/ a simple (one)
תָּמִ֥ית	ta.Mit	H4191	HVhi3fs	it kills
קִנְאָֽה	kin.'Ah	H7068	HNcfsa	jealousy

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
H2026 — הָרַג (hârag, haw-rag'): a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
H3708 — כַּעַס (kaʻaç, kah'-as): or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from כַּעַס; vexation; anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
H6601 — פָּתָה (pâthâh, paw-thaw'): a primitive root; to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude; allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).
H7068 — קִנְאָה (qinʼâh, kin-aw'): from קָנָא; jealousy or envy; envy(-ied), jealousy, [idiom] sake, zeal.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

envy — Genesis 30:1, 1 Samuel 18:8-9, Romans 2:8
one — Hosea 7:11, 2 Timothy 3:6
the foolish — Psalms 14:1, Psalms 75:4, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 107:17, Proverbs 1:22-23, Proverbs 8:5, Ecclesiastes 7:9
wrath — Job 18:4, Jonah 4:9

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