Job 5 · Verse 23

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.
Job 5:23, King James Version

Job 5:23 in other translations

BSBFor you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
WEBFor you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
ASVFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
YLT(For with sons of the field is thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
DARBYFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
BBEFor you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
WebsterFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

What does Job 5:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. in league with the stones of the field--They shall not hurt the fertility of thy soil; nor the wild beasts thy fruits; spoken in Arabia-Deserta, where stones abounded. Arabia, derived from Arabah--a desert plain. The first clause of this verse answers to the first clause of Job 5:22; and the last of this verse to the last of that verse. The full realization of this is yet future (Is 65:23, 25; Ho 2:18).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field - Instead of אבני abney, stones, Mr. Good reads בני beney, sons, or produce; but this reading is not supported by any ancient version, nor, as far as I know, by any MS. yet collated. We must, therefore, take up the text as we find it, and make the best we can of the present reading. The Chaldee gives a plausible sense: Thou needest not to fear, "because thy covenant is on tables of stone, which are publicly erected in the field; and the Canaanites, which are compared to the beasts of the field, have made peace with thee." Perhaps the reference is to those rocks or strong holds, where banditti secured themselves and their prey, or where the emirs or neighboring chiefs had their ordinary residence. Eliphaz may be understood as saying: Instead, then, of taking advantage of thee, as the Sabeans have done, the circumjacent chieftains will be confederate with thee; and the very beasts of the field will not be permitted to harm thy flocks. Coverdale seems to have had an idea of this kind, as we find he translates the verse thus: - But the castels in the londe shall be confederate with the, And the beastes of the felde shall give the peace. I believe the above to be the meaning of the place. See the next verse, Job 5:24 (note).

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 5:23 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.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
עִם\־'im-[will be] withH5973
אַבְנֵ֣י'av.Nei[the] stones ofH68
הַשָּׂדֶ֣הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704
בְרִיתֶ֑ךָve.ri.Te.khacovenant yourH1285
וְחַיַּ֥תve.chai.Yatand [the] animal[s] ofH2416
הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704
הָשְׁלְמָה\־ha.she.le.mah-it will be at peaceH7999
לָֽךְ\׃Lakhto you

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

Cross references for Job 5:23

  • Leviticus 26:6

    And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  • Daniel 6:22

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  • Isaiah 11:6-9

    The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

  • Psalms 91:12-13

    They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 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.

  • Romans 8:38-39

    For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • Ezekiel 14:15-16

    If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

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thou.
Ps 91:12,13; Ho 2:18; Ro 8:38,39
beasts.
Le 26:6; Eze 14:15,16; Isa 11:9; Da 6:22

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Context

  • 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.

  • Job 5:24

    And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

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Job 5:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues aun con las piedras del campo tendrás tu concierto, y las bestias del campo te serán pacíficas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car tu auras une alliance avec les pierres des champs, et les bêtes des champs seront en paix avec toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		denn dein Bund wird mit den Steinen des Feldes sein, und das Getier des Feldes wird Frieden mit dir haben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum, et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.