Job 5:22
Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: 1 And thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
21He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: 1 And thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils. 1
23For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Zion has made light of thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
Isaiah 35:9And there shall be no lion there, neither shall any evil beast go up upon it, nor at all be found there; but the redeemed and gathered on the Lord’s behalf, shall walk in it,
Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with David a covenant of peace, and I will utterly destroy evil beasts from off the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, 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 →