Provided are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package. According to the light emitting device, a light emitting part and an electro-static discharge (ESD) protection part are disposed on a conductive support member. A connection layer electrically connects a first conducitve type semiconductor layer of the light emitting part to a second conductive type semiconductor layer of the ESD protection part. A ptrtection member is disposed on the connection layer and the ESD protection layer.