Holy Scripture

Job 5:22

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“In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh. Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beast of the earth. For the lost shall then suffer 'destruction and famine,' when, being condemned in the last Judgment, they are parted asunder from the sight of 'the Bread' eternal. For it is written, Let the wicked be taken away, that h…”

Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book VI

Source: Septuagint

Original

²²Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: And thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

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²⁰In famine he shall deliver thee from death: And in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.

²¹He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: And thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

— Job 5:22 —

²³For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

²⁴Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, And the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.

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