Job 5:21

Job chapter 5 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

v.20In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

v.21This passage

v.22At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Psalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 31:20
In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.