Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;
Psalms 118:18Jah hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death.
Jeremiah 31:18I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
James 1:12Blessed [is the] man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.
Revelation 3:19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →