Job 5:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ I myself have seen a fool putting down roots,
but immediately I pronounced a curse on his home.^[a]
4 His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate without a defender.
⁵ His harvest is eaten by the hungry,
    who snatch it away, even from among the thorns,
    and the thirsty^[b] swallow his children’s wealth.