Job 5:22

In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

In Context

21Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.

23But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:21This is the word, that the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged her head behind thy back.

Isaiah 35:9No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.

Ezekiel 34:25And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they that dwell in the wilderness shall sleep secure in the forests.

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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