Job 5:27
Look, we've examined it, and it's true! Listen to what I'm saying and apply it to yourself!”
Free Bible Version
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
26You will live to a ripe old age like a sheaf of grain when it is harvested.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13He wants you to keep the commandments and regulations of the Lord that I am giving you today for your own good.
Job 12:2“You really think you're special people, don't you? Obviously when you die, wisdom will die with you!
Job 15:9What do you know that we don't? What do you understand that we don't?
Job 22:2“How can anyone be of help to God? Even wise people are only helpful to themselves.
Psalms 111:2All the wonderful things the Lord has done are studied by everyone who loves them.
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are the one to profit from it; if you scoff, you alone will have to suffer the consequences.
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 →