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Thou shalt be free from any annoyance by stones, either in thy walking or other postures, or in thy ploughing, as if they had made an inviolable league with thee. Stones may be, and in these stony countries were, hurtful to men many ways; either by bruising or hurting their feet when they walked barefoot, as the manner then was; or by giving them occasion of stumbling, or slipping, and falling; or by falling upon a man from a rock, or higher ground, as sometimes it hath happened; or filling his grounds, so as to hinder his ploughing, and make his lands unfruitful. Nay, the stones shall not only cease to be hurtful, but they shall be useful and beneficial to thee; they shall, as it were, present themselves to thee when thou hast occasion, either to sling them at thine enemies, as then was usual, Jud_20:16 2Ch_26:14, or to make fences to thy ground, or to build a house. This is a bold metaphor, but such are frequent, as in other authors, so also in Scripture, as Isa_28:15 Hos_2:18.
The beasts of the field; either,
1. The wild beasts; and then this is an addition to the former privilege; they shall not hurt thee, Job_5:22; nay, they shall befriend thee, as being at peace with thee, here, Job_5:23. Or,
2. The tame beasts, who otherwise may be refractory and hurtful to a man, many having been killed by them.