Job 5:22

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

you'll be able to laugh at destruction and famine. Also you won't have to fear wild animals,

Berean Standard Bible:

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

At destruction{H7701} and famine{H3720} thou shalt laugh{H7832}: neither shalt thou be afraid{H3372} of the beasts{H2416} of the earth{H776}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Ezekiel 34:25

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

Isaiah 35:9

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

Psalms 91:13

  • Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Hosea 2:18

  • And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, 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 bullock: and dust [shall be] the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

2 Kings 19:21

  • This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

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Commentary for Job 5:22

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7701
    There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֹׁד
    Transliteration: shôd
    Pronunciation: shode
    Description: or שׁוֹד; (Job 5:21), from שׁוּד; violence, ravage; desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.
  2. Strong's Number: H3720
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּפָן
    Transliteration: kâphân
    Pronunciation: kaw-fawn'
    Description: from כָּפַן; hunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain); famine.
  3. Strong's Number: H7832
    There are 36 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׂחַק
    Transliteration: sâchaq
    Pronunciation: saw-khak'
    Description: a primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play; deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
  4. Strong's Number: H3372
    There are 305 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָרֵא
    Transliteration: yârêʼ
    Pronunciation: yaw-ray'
    Description: a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
  5. Strong's Number: H2416
    There are 452 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חַי
    Transliteration: chay
    Pronunciation: khah'-ee
    Description: from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  6. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.