Job 5 · Verse 22

Job 5:22

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:22, King James Version

Job 5:22 in other translations

BSBYou will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
WEBYou will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
ASVAt destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
YLTAt destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
DARBYAt destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
BBEYou will make sport of destruction and need, and will have no fear of the beasts of the earth.
WebsterAt destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

What does Job 5:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. famine thou shalt laugh--Not, in spite of destruction and famine, which is true (Ha 3:17, 18), though not the truth meant by Eliphaz, but because those calamities shall not come upon thee. A different Hebrew word from that in Job 5:20; there, famine in general; here, the languid state of those wanting proper nutriment [Barnes].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh - This most forcibly expresses the strongest security, and confidence in that security. "In the desolation of Sihon, and in the famine of the desert, thou shalt laugh; and of the camps of Og, who is compared to a wild beast of the earth, thou shalt not be afraid." - Targum.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:17-27

Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; and notice it as a messenger from Heaven. Eliphaz also encourages Job to submit to his condition. A good man is happy though he be afflicted, for he has not lost his enjoyment of God, nor his title to heaven; nay, he is happy…

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Job 5:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְשֹׁ֣דle.Shodto destructionH7701
וּלְכָפָ֣ןu.le.kha.Fanand to famineH3720
תִּשְׂחָ֑קtis.Chakyou will laughH7832
וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥תu.me.chai.Yatand from [the] animal[s] ofH2416
הָ֝אָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּירָֽא\׃ti.Ra'you be afraidH3372

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 5:22

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
laugh.
2Ki 19:21
afraid.
Isa 35:9; 65:25; Eze 34:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 5:21

    Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

  • Job 5:22

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

  • Job 5:23

    For 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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Job 5:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De la destrucción y del hambre te reirás, y no temerás de las bestias del campo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu te riras du désastre et de la faim, et tu n’auras pas peur des bêtes de la terre;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Verwüstung und des Hungers wirst du lachen, und vor dem Getier der Erde wirst du dich nicht fürchten;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In vastitate et fame ridebis, et bestias terræ non formidabis.