Job 5:23

For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

In Context

22At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;

24And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, And ye shall lie down, and nothing shall make you afraid; And I will take away vicious beasts out of the land; And, the sword, shall not go through your land.

Isaiah 11:6And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, And, the leopard, with the kid, shall lie down,—And the calf and the young lion and the fatling—together, With, a little child, leading them;

Ezekiel 14:15If a mischievous wild beast, I suffer to pass through the land, and that beast bereave it, so that it become too desolate for any man to pass through, by reason of the wild beast,

Ezekiel 34:27And the tree of the field shall yield his fruit And, the land, shall yield her increase, And they shall remain on their own soil in security,- So shall they know that I, am Yahweh, When I have broken the bars of their yoke, And shall deliver them out of the hand of them who have been using them as slaves.

Hosea 2:18And I will solemnize to them a covenant, in that day, with the wild-beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and the creeping thing of the ground,—and, bow and sword and battle, will I break in pieces out of the land, so will I cause them to lie down, in security.

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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