Job 5:21
ContextNETBible | You will be protected 1 from malicious gossip, 2 and will not be afraid of the destruction 3 when it comes. |
XREF | Ps 31:20; Ps 55:21; Ps 57:4; Ps 91:5-7; Pr 12:18; Isa 54:17; Jer 18:18; Jas 3:5-8 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The Hebrew verb essentially means “you will be hidden.” In the Niphal the verb means “to be hidden, to be in a hiding place,” and protected (Ps 31:20). 2 tn Heb “from the lash [i.e., whip] of the tongue.” Sir 26:9 and 51:2 show usages of these kinds of expressions: “the lash of the tongue” or “the blow of the tongue.” The expression indicates that a malicious gossip is more painful than a blow. sn The Targum saw here a reference to Balaam and the devastation brought on by the Midianites. 3 tn The word here is שׁוֹד (shod); it means “destruction,” but some commentators conjecture alternate readings: שׁוֹאָה (sho’ah, “desolation”); or שֵׁד (shed, “demon”). One argument for maintaining שׁוֹד (shod) is that it fits the assonance within the verse שׁוֹד…לָשׁוֹן…שׁוֹט (shot…lashon…shod). |