Job 5:22

What does Job 5:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 5:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

Context

v.21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

v.22This passage

v.23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Cross references

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

  • Hosea 2:18

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

  • Isaiah 65:25

    The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

  • Ezekiel 34:25

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

  • Psalms 91:13

    Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.

  • Isaiah 35:9

    No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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