Job 5:23

What does Job 5:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 5:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

(For with sons of the field <FI>is<Fi> thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Context

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

v.23This passage

v.24And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 91:12

    They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

  • Romans 8:38

    For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 14:15

    If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

  • Daniel 6:22

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • Isaiah 11:6

    And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

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