Job 5:21

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the leshon, 1 neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

In Context

20In ra'av (famine) He shall redeem thee from mavet; 1 and in milchamah from the power of the cherev. 1

22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; 1 neither shalt thou be afraid of the chayyat ha'aretz. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 31:21Thou shalt hide them b'seter (in the shelter) of Thy presence 1 from the intrigues of ish; 1 Thou shalt keep them safe in a sukkah 1 from the riv l'shonot (the strife of tongues, contentious lashon hora, backbiting, slander). 1

Psalms 57:4He shall send from Shomayim, 1 and save me from the disgrace of him that would swallow me up. 1 Selah 1 Elohim shall send forth His chesed (lovingkindness) and His emes (truth). 1

Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaketh rash words like the wounding of a cherev, 1 but the lashon of the chachamim promotes marpeh (healing). 1

Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyah; for the torah shall not perish from the kohen, nor etzah from the chacham, nor the davar from the navi. Come, and let us attack him with the lashon, and let us not give heed to any of his devarim. 1

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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