Job 5:18
For he causes pain but he provides relief; he wounds but his hands heal.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
In Context
17See how happy is the person God corrects—so don't despise the Almighty's discipline.
19He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39Listen! I am the only God! There is no other God except me! I bring death, and I give life; I wound, and I heal. No one can be rescued from my power.
Psalms 147:3He heals the broken-hearted, and bandages the wounded.
Isaiah 30:26The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter, like having seven days light in one. This is the way it will be when the Lord bandages the injuries of his people and heals the wounds he caused them.
Hosea 6:1“Come on! Let's go back to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us. He has struck us down, but now he will bind up our wounds.
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 →