Job 5:24

Modern

You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

Traditional

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

Literal

And you will know that your tent is at peace, and you shall visit your abode and not miss.

Latin

Et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum; et visitans speciem tuam, non peccabis.

Hebrew

English

You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

nothing amiss: See Deuteronomy 28:11–12; compare with Job 1:6–19.

Six calamities … in seven: This formula for wise sayings suggests a condition of completion (compare Proverbs 30:15–31).
This list reflects the blessings and curses of the covenant God gave to Moses (Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28).
Eliphaz believed that people in a right relationship with God would avoid:

Famine, meaning starving. (Job 5:20, 22; see Leviticus 26:4–5, 10; Deuteronomy 28:4–6, 8, 11–12).
Battle and its destruction (Job 5:20; 5:21, 22; see Leviticus 26:6–8; Deuteronomy 28:7, 48).
Scourge of the tongue, or words spoken against them (slander).
They would even be at peace with wild animals and the stones of the field (Job 5:23; see Leviticus 26:6). This peace might mean productive fields instead of rocky ones (2 Kings 3:19, 25; Matthew 13:5). Or it might symbolize broader harmony with creation (see Psalm 91:11–12).

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 121:7–8
The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Psalm 91:10
…no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
Job 8:6
…if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
Isaiah 4:5–6
Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
Deuteronomy 28:6
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
Job 18:6
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 18:21
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Psalm 107:4
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
Psalm 25:13
His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
Psalm 107:40
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
1 Samuel 30:3
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
Job 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.