Job 5:22 | JFB | STEP | 22. famine thou shalt laugh-- Not, in spite of destruction and famine, which is true ( , ), though not the truth meant by Eliphaz, but because those calamities shall not come upon thee. A different Hebrew word from that in ; there, famine in general; here, the languid state of those wanting proper nutriment [Barnes].

‏ Job 5:22

22. famine thou shalt laugh--Not, in spite of destruction and famine, which is true (Ha 3:17, 18), though not the truth meant by Eliphaz, but because those calamities shall not come upon thee. A different Hebrew word from that in Job 5:20; there, famine in general; here, the languid state of those wanting proper nutriment [Barnes].