Job 5:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.”
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“You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 5:22 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 19:21This 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.
- Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
- Isaiah 35:9No 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 65:25The 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.
- Ezekiel 34:25I 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.
- Hosea 2:18On 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 weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
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