Job 5:21

King James 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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 31:20 : 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
• Jas 3:5-8 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh 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 the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
• 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 The words of his mouth were smoother{H8804)} than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer{H8804)} than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, 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{H8799)} for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth{H8799)} by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh{H8799)} in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth{H8799)} at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall{H8799)} at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh{H8799)} thee.