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The Book of Job, Chapter 5, Verse 21

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In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
King James Version
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
New English Translation
You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.
World English Bible
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
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Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
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Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.
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But Job answered and said,
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Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.