Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
20In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
22In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 57:4The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.
Proverbs 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Jeremiah 18:18And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.
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 →