Job 5:22
20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
- KJV
- At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
- WEB
- You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
- ASV
- At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
- DARBY
- At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
- BLB
- At destruction and famine you will laugh, and of the beasts of the earth you shall not be afraid.
- ÅB
- Ødeleggelse og hunger skal du le av, og for jordens ville dyr skal du ikke frykte;
- OTB
- Du vil le av ødeleggelse og sult,
Og du vil ikke frykte de ville skapningene. - B1930
- Ødeleggelse og hunger skal du le av, og for jordens ville dyr skal du ikke frykte;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 34:25
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:9
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Read in contextPsalms 91:13
You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
Read in contextHosea 2:18
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
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