Job 5:24

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Job 5:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
Job 5:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Job 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
24And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace, etc.] Not a place of religious worship, though the Targum renders it an house of doctrine or instruction; for we read not of any such but the tabernacle of Moses, erected in the wilderness, and which was indeed about, or little after, the times of Job; but it cannot be reasonably thought he did or could attend there; nor the tabernacle of his body, now in great pain and anguish, in which there were no rest nor soundness, being filled with sore boils and burning ulcers; but his dwelling house, which was built as a tent or tabernacle: such were the houses of the eastern people, made to move from place to place, for the sake of…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“know--"Thou shalt rest in the assurance, that thine habitation is the abode of peace; and (if) thou numberest thine herd, thine expectations prove not fallacious" [UMBREIT]. "Sin" does not agree with the context. The Hebrew word--"to miss" a mark, said of archers (Jdg 20:16). The Hebrew for "habitation" primarily means "the fold for cattle"; and for "visit," often to "take an account of, to number." "Peace" is the common Eastern salutation; including inward and outward prosperity.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace - Thy tent - אהלך 'âhelēkāh - showing that it was common then to dwell in tents. The sense is, that when he was away from home he would have confidence that his dwelling was secure, and his family safe. This would be an assurance producing no small degree of consolation in a country abounding in wild beasts and robbers. Such is the nature of the blessing which Eliphaz says the man would have who put his confidence in God, and committed his cause to him. To a certain extent this was, and is, undoubtedly true. A man cannot indeed have miraculous assurance when from home, that his wife and children are still alive, and in health; nor…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Know - By certain experience. Job 5:25”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“5:24 nothing will be missing: See Deut 28:11-12; cp. Job 1:6-19.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“thou shalt know: Job 18:6, Job 18:15, Job 18:21, Job 21:7-9; Sa1 30:3; Isa 4:5, Isa 4:6 thy tabernacle: etc. or, peace is thy tabernacle, Psa 25:13 thou shalt visit: Deu 28:6; Psa 91:10, Psa 121:7, Psa 121:8 sin: or, err, Psa 107:4, Psa 107:40 Job 5:25”
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