Job 5:27
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
Darby Translation
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 shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy good?
Job 12:2Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
Job 15:9What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
Job 22:2Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
Psalms 111:2Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.
Proverbs 9:12If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt 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 →