Job 5:21
When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
22At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
Cross References
Psalms 31:21Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.
Psalms 57:4My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
Jeremiah 18:18And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend 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 →