Job 5:18
For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
In Context
17Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
19He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See that I am alone, and there is no other god beside me. I will kill, and I will cause to live. I will strike, and I will heal. And there is no one who is able to rescue from my hand.
Psalms 147:3He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
Isaiah 30:26And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord will bind the wound of his people, and when he will heal the stroke of their scourge.
Hosea 6:1In their tribulation, they will arise early to me. Come, let us return to the Lord.
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 →