Job 5:26

And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

In Context

25And thou shalt know that thy seed shall be abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.

27Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything wrong.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:15But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.

Exodus 23:26There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.

Job 42:16And Job lived after his affliction a hundred and seventy years: and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty: and Job saw his sons and his sons' sons, the fourth generation.

Psalms 91:16that the Lord my God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord adds length of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.

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 →

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