Job 5:18
For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
In Context
17Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
19In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Psalms 147:3in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
Isaiah 30:26And the light of the moon shall be se the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.
Hosea 6:1In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and 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 →