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Job 5:21
21If people insult you, he will take care of you. When people attack you, you will not be afraid.
Job 5:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
- New International Version (NIV)You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
Context of Job 5:21
19If trouble comes to you six times, he will rescue you. No bad thing will hurt you, as often as it happens. 20If there is a time of famine, he will keep you alive. He will protect you from death in a time of war. If people insult you, he will take care of you. When people attack you, you will not be afraid. 22In times of danger and famine, you will be brave. You will not be afraid of wild animals. 23The stones in your fields will not give you trouble. The wild animals will not attack you.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:21 word by word
בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:21
- Psalms 31:20You give them a place to hide, and you keep them safe with you. When their enemies want to attack them, you take care of them. When their enemies speak lies against them, they are safe with you.
- Psalms 55:21He speaks a message of peace, but he is really thinking about war. His words are easy to listen to, but they hurt like sharp knives.
- Psalms 57:4My enemies are all round me, like hungry lions! I must lie down among wild animals, that want to eat me! They are men who use spears and arrows to bite like teeth. They use their tongues to hurt people, like sharp swords.
- Proverbs 12:18If you speak in a careless way, you may hurt other people. But when wise people speak, it makes people feel well.
- Isaiah 54:17But nobody can make a weapon that will beat you, when your enemies attack you. If people accuse you of bad things, you will show that they are wrong. That is what the Lord will do as a gift for his servants. Yes, I will show that they are right.’ That is what the Lord says.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some people said, ‘We must find a way to stop Jeremiah. We do not need him. The priests will still be here to teach us. Wise men will still be here to give us advice. The prophets will still be here to give us God's messages. We should speak bad things against Jeremiah. Then we will not have to listen to him any more.’
- James 3:5In the same way, our tongue is a very small part of our body. But it speaks as if it is very great. Think about this. A very small fire can cause even a big forest to burn completely.
- Psalms 91:5Do not be afraid of troubles that come in the night, or of your enemy's arrows during the day.
Commentaries on Job 5:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue - The Targum refers this to the incantations of Balaam: "From injury by the tongue of Balaam thou shalt be hidden in the clouds; and thou shalt not fear from the blasting of the Midianites, when it shall come." Perhaps no evil is more dreadful than the scourge of the tongue: evil-speaking, detraction, backbiting, calumny, slander, tale-bearing, whispering, and scandalizing, are some of the terms which we…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue - Margin, Or, “when the tongue scourgeth.” The word rendered “scourge” - שׁוט shôṭ - means properly a whip. It is used of God when he scourges people by calamities and punishments; Isaiah 10:26; Job 9:23. See the use of the verb שׁוּט shûṭ in Job 2:7. Here it is used to denote a slanderous tongue, as being that which inflicts a severe wound upon the reputation and peace of an individual. The idea is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 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 because he is afflicted…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-26Six calamities … in seven: This formula for wise sayings suggests a condition of completion (compare Proverbs 30:15–31). This list reflects the blessings and curses of the covenant God gave to Moses (Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28). Eliphaz believed that people in a right relationship with God would avoid: Famine, meaning starving. (Job 5:20, 22; see Leviticus 26:4–5, 10; Deuteronomy 28:4–6, 8, 11–12). Battle and its destruction (Job 5:20; 5:21, 22; see…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Psa 31:20; Jr 18:18). Smite (Psalm 73. 9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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