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Selected Verse: Job 5:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 5:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt be hid [02244] from the scourge [07752] of the tongue [03956]: neither shalt thou be afraid [03372] of destruction [07701] when it cometh [0935]. |
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King James |
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Psa 31:20; Jer 18:18). Smite (Psalm 73. 9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue - Margin, Or, "when the tongue scourgeth." The word rendered "scourge" - שׁוט shôṭ - means properly a whip. It is used of God when he scourges people by calamities and punishments; Isa 10:26; Job 9:23. See the use of the verb שׁוּט shûṭ in Job 2:7. Here it is used to denote a slanderous tongue, as being that which inflicts a severe wound upon the reputation and peace of an individual. The idea is, that God would guard the reputation of those who commit themselves to him, and that they shall be secure from slander, "whose breath," Shakespeare says, "outvenoms all the worms of Nile."
Neither shalt thou be afraid when destruction cometh - That is, your mind shall be calm in those calamities which threaten destruction. When war rages, when the tempest howls, when the pestilence breathes upon a community, then your mind shall be at peace. A similar thought occurs in Isa 26:3 : "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee;" and the same sentiment is beautifully illustrated at length in Ps. 91. The Chaldee Paraphrase applies all this to events which had occurred in the history of the Hebrews. Thus, Job 5:20 : "In the famine in Egypt, he redeemed thee from death; and in the war with Amalek, from being slain by the sword;" Job 5:21 : "In the injury inflicted by the tongue of Balaam thou wert hid among the clouds, and thou didst not fear from the desolation of the Midianites when it came;" Job 5:22 : "In the desolation of Sihon, and in the famine of the desert, thou didst laugh; and of the camps of Og, who was like a wild beast of the earth, thou wert not afraid." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue - The Targum refers this to the incantations of Balaam: "From injury by the tongue of Balaam thou shalt be hidden in the clouds; and thou shalt not fear from the blasting of the Midianites, when it shall come." Perhaps no evil is more dreadful than the scourge of the tongue: evil-speaking, detraction, backbiting, calumny, slander, tale-bearing, whispering, and scandalizing, are some of the terms which we use when endeavoring to express the baleful influence and effects of that member, which is a world of fire, kindled from the nethermost hell. The Scripture abounds with invectives and execrations against it. See Psa 31:20; Psa 52:2-4; Pro 12:18; Pro 14:3; Jam 3:1-8.
Neither shalt thou be afraid - "Thou shouldst have such strong confidence in God, that even in the presence of destruction thou shouldst not fear death," the God of life and power being with thee. |
18 Then said [0559] they, Come [03212], and let us devise [02803] devices [04284] against Jeremiah [03414]; for the law [08451] shall not perish [06] from the priest [03548], nor counsel [06098] from the wise [02450], nor the word [01697] from the prophet [05030]. Come [03212], and let us smite [05221] him with the tongue [03956], and let us not give heed [07181] to any of his words [01697].
20 Thou shalt hide [05641] them in the secret [05643] of thy presence [06440] from the pride [07407] of man [0376]: thou shalt keep them secretly [06845] in a pavilion [05521] from the strife [07379] of tongues [03956].
22 At destruction [07701] and famine [03720] thou shalt laugh [07832]: neither shalt thou be afraid [03372] of the beasts [02416] of the earth [0776].
21 Thou shalt be hid [02244] from the scourge [07752] of the tongue [03956]: neither shalt thou be afraid [03372] of destruction [07701] when it cometh [0935].
20 In famine [07458] he shall redeem [06299] thee from death [04194]: and in war [04421] from the power [03027] of the sword [02719].
3 Thou wilt keep [05341] him in perfect [07965] peace [07965], whose mind [03336] is stayed [05564] on thee: because he trusteth [0982] in thee.
7 So went [03318] Satan [07854] forth [03318] from the presence [06440] of the LORD [03068], and smote [05221] Job [0347] with sore [07451] boils [07822] from the sole [03709] of his foot [07272] unto his crown [06936].
23 If the scourge [07752] slay [04191] suddenly [06597], he will laugh [03932] at the trial [04531] of the innocent [05355].
26 And the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] shall stir up [05782] a scourge [07752] for him according to the slaughter [04347] of Midian [04080] at the rock [06697] of Oreb [06159]: and as his rod [04294] was upon the sea [03220], so shall he lift it up [05375] after the manner [01870] of Egypt [04714].
1 My [3450] brethren [80], be [1096] not [3361] many [4183] masters [1320], knowing [1492] that [3754] we shall receive [2983] the greater [3187] condemnation [2917].
2 For [1063] in many things [4183] we offend [4417] all [537]. If any man [1536] offend [4417] not [3756] in [1722] word [3056], the same [3778] is a perfect [5046] man [435], and able [1415] also [2532] to bridle [5468] the whole [3650] body [4983].
3 Behold [2400], we put [906] bits [5469] in [1519] the horses [2462]' mouths [4750], that [4314] they [846] may obey [3982] us [2254]; and [2532] we turn about [3329] their [846] whole [3650] body [4983].
4 Behold [2400] also [2532] the ships [4143], which though they be [5607] so great [5082], and [2532] are driven [1643] of [5259] fierce [4642] winds [417], yet are they turned about [3329] with [5259] a very small [1646] helm [4079], whithersoever [3699] [302] the governor [2116] listeth [3730] [1014].
5 Even [2532] so [3779] the tongue [1100] is [2076] a little [3398] member [3196], and [2532] boasteth great things [3166]. Behold [2400], how great [2245] a matter [5208] a little [3641] fire [4442] kindleth [381] !
6 And [2532] the tongue [1100] is a fire [4442], a world [2889] of iniquity [93]: so [3779] is [2525] the tongue [1100] among [1722] our [2257] members [3196], that it defileth [4695] the whole [3650] body [4983], and [2532] setteth on fire [5394] the course [5164] of nature [1078]; and [2532] it is set on fire [5394] of [5259] hell [1067].
7 For [1063] every [3956] kind [5449] of beasts [2342], and [5037] [2532] of birds [4071], and [5037] of serpents [2062], and [2532] of things in the sea [1724], is tamed [1150], and [2532] hath been tamed [1150] of mankind [5449] [442]:
8 But [1161] the tongue [1100] can [1410] no [3762] man [444] tame [1150]; it is an unruly [183] evil [2556], full [3324] of deadly [2287] poison [2447].
3 In the mouth [06310] of the foolish [0191] is a rod [02415] of pride [01346]: but the lips [08193] of the wise [02450] shall preserve [08104] them.
18 There is [03426] that speaketh [0981] like the piercings [04094] of a sword [02719]: but the tongue [03956] of the wise [02450] is health [04832].
2 Thy tongue [03956] deviseth [02803] mischiefs [01942]; like a sharp [03913] razor [08593], working [06213] deceitfully [07423].
3 Thou lovest [0157] evil [07451] more than good [02896]; and lying [08267] rather than to speak [01696] righteousness [06664]. Selah [05542].
4 Thou lovest [0157] all devouring [01105] words [01697], O thou deceitful [04820] tongue [03956].
20 Thou shalt hide [05641] them in the secret [05643] of thy presence [06440] from the pride [07407] of man [0376]: thou shalt keep them secretly [06845] in a pavilion [05521] from the strife [07379] of tongues [03956].