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Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Job 5:22

In 11 translations

BSB
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
KJV
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
WEB
You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
ASV
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
LSV
At destruction and at hunger you mock, || And of the beast of the earth, || You are not afraid.
YLT
At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
DBY
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
DRC
In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
GNV
But thou shalt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afraide of the beast of the earth.
JPS
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
LXXE
Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃
LXX-Br
Ἀδίκων καὶ ἀνόμων καταγελάσῃ· ἀπὸ δὲ θηρίων ἀγρίων οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς·

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  • Ezekiel 34:25I 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 35:9No 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 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
  • Hosea 2:18On 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 weapons of war in the land, and will…
  • Isaiah 65:25The 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 19:21This 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.

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