Job 5:22

At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

23(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:21this [is] the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: 'Trampled on thee — laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head — Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?

Isaiah 35:9No lion is there, yea, a destructive beast Ascendeth it not, it is not found there, And walked have the redeemed,

Ezekiel 34:25And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in 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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