Job 5:18
For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
In Context
19He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Psalms 147:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Isaiah 30:26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that LORD binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return to LORD, for he has torn, and he will heal us. He has smitten, and he will bind us up.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:18-27
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh:… Read the whole commentary →