Job 5:23 “For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wil…”

Job 5:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“thou”

Hosea 2:18 Psalm 91:12 Psalm 91:13 Romans 8:38 Romans 8:39

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…

Psalm 91:12 · BSB

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Psalm 91:13 · BSB

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

Romans 8:38 · BSB

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

Romans 8:39 · BSB

neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“beasts”

Leviticus 26:6 Daniel 6:22 Ezekiel 14:15 Ezekiel 14:16 Isaiah 11:9

Leviticus 26:6 · BSB

And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

Daniel 6:22 · BSB

My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

Ezekiel 14:15 · BSB

Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,

Ezekiel 14:16 · BSB

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

Isaiah 11:9 · BSB

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Also

Isaiah 11:6–9

Isaiah 11:6–9 · BSB

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

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

In context

22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

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