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At devastationלְשֹׁדand at starvationוּלְכָפָןyou will laugh,תִּשְׂחָקandוּyou will notאַלfearתִּירָאthe animalsמֵחַיַּתof the earth.הָאָרֶץ
Job 5:22
Study it in the app“At devastation and at starvation you will laugh, and you will not fear the animals of the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 5:22, word by word
- At devastationשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- and at starvationכָפָןchafan
famine, hunger
Famine, hunger that bends a person double with emptiness and pain.
Where else “chafan” appears- you will laughתִּשְׂחָקtischak
laugh
To burst into laughter because something pleases.
Where else “tischak” appears- fearתִּירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- the animalsחַיַּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
21From the lash of the tongue you will be hidden, and you will not fear devastation when it comes.
22 · This verse (above)
23For with the stones of the field will be your covenant, and the animals of the field will be at peace with you.