Job 5:22

You will laugh at destruction and famine, 1 and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth. 1

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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

In Context

21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; 1 and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes. 1

23For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, 1 and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:21This is the word that Yahweh has spoken about him: 1 “The virgin daughter of Zion 2 despises you and laughs you to scorn. 1 The daughter of Jerusalem 2 shakes her head at you. 1

Isaiah 35:9No lion will be there, no ferocious beast will be on it; they will not be found there, 1 but the redeemed will walk there. 1

Ezekiel 34:25Then I will make a covenant of peace with them and remove the evil wild animals from the land, so that they will live securely in the wilderness and safely 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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