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 · 2000At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
Context
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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