Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
KJV
A flagello linguæ absconderis, et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.
Vulgate
ἀπὸ μάστιγος γλώσσης σε κρύψει, καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐρχομένων.
LXX
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
ASV
בְּ/שׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽ/לֹא תִירָ֥א מִ֝/שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הֵחָבֵֽא
hchb'
verb · 33×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 116×
שֹׁ֖ד
shd
noun · 25×
שּׁוֹטִ֔ים
shvtym
noun · 11×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteous
- Jas 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
- Jer 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him wit
- Prov 3:25 — Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
- Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Ps 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
- Ps 31:20 — Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
- Ps 31:20 — Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
- Ps 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Ps 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Ps 91:5 — Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;