Job 5:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃

Transliteration

in-šōṭ lāšōn tēḥābēʾ wə-not-tîrāʾ from-šōd kî yābōʾ

Grammar Details

*šōṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - scourge of
*lāšōn*: noun, feminine singular - tongue
*tēḥābēʾ*: Niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will be hidden
*wə*: conjunction - and
*tîrāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will fear
*šōd*: noun, masculine singular - destruction/violence
*kî*: conjunction - when/because
*yābōʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will come

Word Meanings

*šōṭ*: scourge/whip
*lāšōn*: tongue/language/speech
*tēḥābēʾ*: you will be hidden/protected/concealed
*tîrāʾ*: you will fear/be afraid
*šōd*: destruction/violence/devastation
*yābōʾ*: it will come/arrive

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 31:20 : 20 In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Jas 3:5-8 : 5 None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beasts and birds, {G5037} of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Ps 91:5-7 : 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; [But] it shall not come nigh thee.

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