Job 5:22 “You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts…”

Job 5:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“laugh”

2 Kings 19:21

2 Kings 19:21 · BSB

This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

“afraid”

Ezekiel 34:25 Isaiah 35:9 Isaiah 65:25

Ezekiel 34:25 · BSB

I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Isaiah 35:9 · BSB

No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.

Isaiah 65:25 · BSB

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Also

Psalm 91:13 Hosea 2:18

Psalm 91:13 · BSB

You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.

Hosea 2:18 · BSB

On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them li…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

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