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Job 5:2 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Kuweka uchungu moyoni humuua mpumbavu, nao wivu humchinja mjinga.

Job 5:2 in English

Job 5:2 · Berean Standard Bible

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

Context

1“Ita kama unataka, lakini ni nani atakayekujibu? Ni yupi kati ya hao watakatifu utakayemgeukia? 2Kuweka uchungu moyoni humuua mpumbavu, nao wivu humchinja mjinga. 3Mimi mwenyewe nimemwona mpumbavu akistawi, lakini ghafula nyumba yake ikawa imelaaniwa. 4Watoto wake wako mbali na usalama, hushindwa mahakamani bila mtetezi.

Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.