For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
Parallel translations
- WEB For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
- KJV For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
- NKJV For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field, And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
- NASB “For you will be in league with the stones of the field, And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.
- NLT You will be at peace with the stones of the field, and its wild animals will be at peace with you.
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You will be in league with the stones of the field, and wild animals will be at peace with you. It pictures restored harmony with creation.
Overview
Eliphaz envisions a renewed peace where even the ground and beasts cooperate rather than threaten. This longing for reconciled creation reflects the world's disorder under the fall and the hope of its undoing. It anticipates the messianic peace where the wolf dwells with the lamb, a harmony secured by Christ, through whom all things in heaven and earth will be reconciled.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Lev 26:6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
- Dan 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- Isa 11:6–9The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- Ps 91:12–13They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- Hos 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Rom 8:38–39For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- Ezek 14:15–16Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
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