Job 5:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 5:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 5:22 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 5:22 — KJV
“At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.”
— Job 5:22 (KJV)
Job 5:22 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 5:22
“They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:22: famine, neither, beasts
“And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. rid: Heb. cause to cease”
Shares key themes with Job 5:22: neither, afraid, beasts
“And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:22: shalt, neither, earth
“When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:22: shalt, earth
“Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. by sevens: Heb. seven seven”
Shares key themes with Job 5:22: shalt, beasts
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