Job 5:21
Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
Cross References
Psalms 31:21Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!
Psalms 57:4My life is in the midst of lions; I dwell among them that breathe out fire; Among men whose teeth are spears and arrows, And whose tongue is a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18There is who babbleth like the piercing of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Jeremiah 18:18But they say, “Come, let us devise measures against Jeremiah; For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet; Come, let us smite him with the tongue, And not give heed to any of 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 →