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Job 5:23

Job 5:23
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field,.... So as to receive no hurt from them, by walking among them, and even barefoot, which was usual in the eastern countries, see Psa 91:12; or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field - In the Hebrew, “There shall be a covenant between thee and the stones of the field.” The sense is, they shall not harm thee. They are here…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 5:17-27

Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

When man is at peace with God he is at peace with all God's creation, he has a league with all nature and every creature: "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God," Rom…