Job 5:22
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In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

laugh.

2 Kings 19:21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin, the daughter of Sion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged her head behind thy back.

afraid.

Isaiah 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.

Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:25 And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they that dwell in the wilderness shall sleep secure in the forests.

Context
Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him
21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh. 22In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.23But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.…
Cross References
Job 8:21
Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.

Psalm 91:6
Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

Psalm 91:13
Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they that dwell in the wilderness shall sleep secure in the forests.

Hosea 2:18
And in that day I will make a covenant with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air, and with the creeping things of the earth: and I will destroy the bow, and the sword, and war out of the land: and I will make them sleep secure.

Lexicon
You will laugh
תִּשְׂחָ֑ק (tiś·ḥāq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7832: To laugh, to play

at destruction
לְשֹׁ֣ד (lə·šōḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7701: Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin

and famine,
וּלְכָפָ֣ן (ū·lə·ḵā·p̄ān)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3720: Hunger, famine

and need not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

fear
תִּירָֽא׃ (tî·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

the beasts
וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת (ū·mê·ḥay·yaṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

of the earth.
הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
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