Job 5:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

kî with-ʾabnê the-śādeh bərîteḵā wə-ḥayyat the-śādeh hāšləmāh-to-ḵā

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾabnê*: noun, feminine plural construct - stones of
• *śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
• *bərîteḵā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your covenant
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ḥayyat*: noun, feminine singular construct - beast of
• *hāšləmāh*: Hophal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has been made peaceful

Word Meanings

• *ʾabnê*: stones of
• *śādeh*: field/open country
• *bərîteḵā*: your covenant/agreement/alliance
• *ḥayyat*: beast/animal/living creature of
• *hāšləmāh*: has been made peaceful/at peace with

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the castels in the londe shal be confederate with the, & the beastes of the felde shall geue the peace:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shal be at peace with thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the stones of the land shalbe confederate with thee, and the beastes of the fielde shalbe at peace with thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  (For with sons of the field `is' thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:6 : 6 And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
• Ps 91:12-13 : 12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the adder: the young lion and the dragon you shall trample underfoot.
• Isa 11:6-9 : 6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat; the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall graze; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play near the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• Ezek 14:15-16 : 15 If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, so that it is desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they alone shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
• Dan 6:22 : 22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me: because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, have I done no harm.
• Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them lie down safely.
• Rom 8:38-39 : 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.