TheWay BibleJob 5:21 KJV
Job · chapter 5 · verse 21
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.Job 5:21 · King James Version
Job 5:21 in context
19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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Key words (Strong's)
- destructionshôdviolence, ravageH7701 →
- scourgeshôwṭa lashH7752 →
- tonguelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- afraidyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- hidchâbâʼto secreteH2244 →
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Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and accommodate himself to them. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-27