Job 5:22

At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.

Leeser Tanakh

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

21Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

23For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken over him: She despiseth thee, she laugheth thee to scorn, the virgin daughter of Zion; behind thee shaketh her head the daughter of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 35:9No lion shall be there, and no ravenous beast shall go up thereon, shall not be found there; but there shall walk the redeemed:

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