Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 5:3

"I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation." — Job 5:3 (ASV)

I cursed. —The word means, “I was able to declare distinctly, and I did declare without hesitation, that his lot would be as follows.” All these general results of experience carry the sting of insinuation, implying that they hold the key to Job’s unfortunate condition. There is a secret unsoundness within him that is the cause of his manifest and open misery. It is impossible that a man so stricken should be anything other than, for some unknown reason, the guilty victim of the righteous wrath of a just judge.