Job 5:23

For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

In Context

22You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.

24And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:6And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.

Isaiah 11:6And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

Ezekiel 14:15Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:

Ezekiel 34:27And the tree of the field will give its fruit and the earth will give its increase, and they will be safe in their land; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have had their yoke broken and have given them salvation from the hands of those who made them servants.

Hosea 2:18And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace.

Matthew Henry on Job 5:18-27

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh:… Read the whole commentary →

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