“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Job 5 contains 27 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.