Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
20In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
22But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 31:21Blessed be the Lord: for hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a strong citie.
Psalms 57:4My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
Jeremiah 18:18Then sayde they, Come, and let vs imagine some deuice against Ieremiah: for the Lawe shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsell from the wise, nor the worde from the Prophet: come, and let vs smite him with the tongue, and let vs not giue heede 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 →