King James Version

Job 5:22

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

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לְשֹׁ֣דleshodto desolationשֹׁדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to desolation”, the ordinary formH7701violence, ravagedesolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.וּלְכָפָ֣ןulekhafanand to famineכָּפָןconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and to famine”, the ordinary formH3720hunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain)famine.תִּשְׂחָ֑קtischaqlaughשָׂחַקverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “laugh”, an unfinished actionH7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to playderide, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥תumechayatand from lifeחַיconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and from life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.הָ֝אָ֗רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּירָֽאtirafearיָרֵאverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fear”, a wish or indirect commandH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

World English Bible

You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

Darby Translation

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

Douay-Rheims

In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀδίκων καὶ ἀνόμων καταγελάσῃ· ἀπὸ δὲ θηρίων ἀγρίων οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς·