Job 5:18
For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
In Context
19He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.
Psalms 147:3He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds.
Isaiah 30:26And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord puts oil on the wounds of his people, and makes them well from the blows they have undergone.
Hosea 6:1Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
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 →