English Standard Version
Job 5:24
24You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
Job 5:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
- New International Version (NIV)You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall know that your tent is in peace; You shall visit your dwelling and find nothing amiss.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You will know that your home is safe. When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
Context of Job 5:24
22At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. 23For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. 25You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. 26You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:24 word by word
וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁל֣וֹם אָהֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥ נָ֝וְךָ וְלֹ֣א תֶחֱטָֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:24
- Job 18:6The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
- 1 Samuel 30:3And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
- Isaiah 4:5Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.
- Psalms 25:13His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
- Deuteronomy 28:6Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
- Psalms 91:10no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.
- Psalms 121:7The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
- Psalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
Commentaries on Job 5:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Thou shalt know - Thou shalt be so fully satisfied of the friendly disposition of all thy neighbors, that thou shalt rest secure in thy bed, and not be afraid of any danger, though sleeping in thy tent in the field; and when thou returnest from thy country excursions, thou shalt find that thy habitation has been preserved in peace and prosperity, and that thou hast made no mistake in thy trust, in thy confidence, or in thy confederates. The word אהלך…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace - Thy tent - אהלך 'âhelēkāh - showing that it was common then to dwell in tents. The sense is, that when he was away from home he would have confidence that his dwelling was secure, and his family safe. This would be an assurance producing no small degree of consolation in a country abounding in wild beasts and robbers. Such is the nature of the blessing which Eliphaz says the man would have who…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. 24nothing amiss: See Deuteronomy 28:11–12; compare with Job 1:6–19.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. know--"Thou shalt rest in the assurance, that thine habitation is the abode of peace; and (if) thou numberest thine herd, thine expectations prove not fallacious" [Umbreit]. "Sin" does not agree with the context. The Hebrew word--"to miss" a mark, said of archers (Jud 20:16). The Hebrew for "habitation" primarily means "the fold for cattle"; and for "visit," often to "take an account of, to number." "Peace" is the common Eastern salutation; including…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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