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Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Job 5:23

In 11 translations

BSB
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
KJV
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
WEB
For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
ASV
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
LSV
(For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, || And the beast of the field || Has been at peace with you.)
YLT
(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
DBY
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
DRC
But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
GNV
For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace with thee.
JPS
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
LXXE
For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Θῆρες γὰρ ἄγριοι εἰρηνεύσουσί σοι.

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  • Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
  • Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
  • Psalms 91:12–13They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
  • Isaiah 11:6–9The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. The cow will graze with the bear, their young will…
  • 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…
  • Romans 8:38–39For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to…
  • Ezekiel 14:15–16Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts, then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it,…

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