Job 5:22
At destruction and at hunger you mock, || And of the beast of the earth, || You are not afraid.
Literal Standard Version
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
21When the tongue scourges you are hid, || And you are not afraid of destruction, || When it comes.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21this [is] the word that YHWH spoke concerning him: Trampled on you—laughed at you || Has the virgin daughter of Zion; Shaken the head behind you || Has the daughter of Jerusalem!
Isaiah 35:9No lion is there, || Indeed, a destructive beast does not ascend it, || It is not found there, || And the redeemed have walked,
Ezekiel 34:25And I have made a covenant of peace with them, || And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, || And they have dwelt confidently in a wilderness, || And they have slept in 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 →