But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.
Job 5:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue and shall not fear destruction when it comes. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. Common English Bible You will be hidden from the tongue’s sting, and you won’t fear destruction when it comes. Catholic Public Domain Version You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh. |
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.
In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter from contentious tongues.
Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as a city under siege.
with speech smoother than butter but with a heart set on war, with words that were softer than oil but in fact were drawn swords.
I lie down among lions that greedily devour human prey; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Then you will not be afraid of sudden panic or of the storm that strikes the wicked,
No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”