Job 5:1 ““Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy one…”

Job 5:1

“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

World English Bible

“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

American Standard Version

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Geneva Bible 1599

Call nowe, if any will answere thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?

Darby Translation

Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Young's Literal Translation

Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

Bible in Basic English

Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?

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Cross references

“and to which”

Job 15:15 Job 15:8–10 Isaiah 41:21–23 Isaiah 41:1 Hebrews 12:1

Job 15:15 · BSB

If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

Job 15:8–10 · BSB

Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

Isaiah 41:21–23 · BSB

“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 41:1 · BSB

“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

Hebrews 12:1 · BSB

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

“the saints”

Job 4:18 Ephesians 1:1 Psalm 16:3 Psalm 106:16 Deuteronomy 33:2 Deuteronomy 33:3

Job 4:18 · BSB

If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

Ephesians 1:1 · BSB

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Psalm 16:3 · BSB

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

Psalm 106:16 · BSB

In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 33:2 · BSB

He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

Deuteronomy 33:3 · BSB

Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

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