Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
In Context
26Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13to keep the commandments of LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Job 12:2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 15:9What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
Job 22:2Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Psalms 111:2The works of LORD are great, sought out by all those who have pleasure in it.
Proverbs 9:12If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
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 →