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The Book of Job, Chapter 5, Verse 22

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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
King James Version
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
American Standard Version
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
New English Translation
You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
World English Bible
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals 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.
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Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?