Bible Strands
Job 5:22
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz addresses Job directly in a discourse outlining the future security promised to the righteous. The statement follows a declaration of protection from verbal attacks and precedes a promise of covenantal peace with creation.
The words — תִּשְׂחָ֑ק (tis.Chak) means "you will laugh," and תִּירָֽא (ti.Ra') means "you be afraid." Both verbs frame the verse's contrast between confident dismissal and removed dread.
The thread — The motif of peace with wild animals and secure dwelling appears in Ezekiel 34:25, Isaiah 35:9, and Psalms 91:13. These passages similarly depict the removal of predatory threats for those under divine protection.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that trust in the promised protection renders external threats irrelevant. It requires the reader to accept the stated security without adding emotional or theological conditions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 34:25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
- Psalms 91:13 You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
- Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.