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From the lashבְּשׁוֹטof the tongueלָשׁוֹןyou will be hidden,תֵּחָבֵאand you will notוְלֹאfearתִירָאdevastationמִשֹּׁדwhenכִּיit comes.יָבוֹא
Job 5:21
Study it in the app“From the lash of the tongue you will be hidden, and you will not fear devastation when it comes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 5:21, word by word
- From the lashשׁוֹטshot
whip, scourge
Whip, scourge: a lash for striking animals or people. It is also used as an image of a punishment.
Where else “shot” appears- of the tongueלָשׁוֹןlashon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “lashon” appears- you will be hiddenתֵּחָבֵאtechave
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “techave” appears- fearתִירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- devastationשֹּׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- it comesיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears
The context
20In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
21 · This verse (above)
22At devastation and at starvation you will laugh, and you will not fear the animals of the earth.