KJV King James Version
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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Job 5:24
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
WEB World English Bible
You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And thou hast known that thy tent is peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
Surrounding context — Job 5
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.
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Psalm 121:7-8The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.Psalm 91:10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.Job 8:6If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.Isaiah 4:5-6And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [shall be] a defence.Deuteronomy 28:6Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.Job 18:21Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.Psalm 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.Psalm 25:13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.Job 18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.Job 21:7-9Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?1 Samuel 30:3So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, [it was] burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.Psalm 107:40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.
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