King James Version
Job 5:22 in the King James Version says “At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.”
Job 5:22 · KJV
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. power: Heb. hands
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. from: or, when the tongue scourgeth
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. thy tabernacle: or, peace is thy tabernacle sin: or, err
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thou shalt laugh”
H7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
“of the beasts”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“neither shalt thou be afraid”
H3372to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
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