Job 5:18
For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
In Context
17Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
19In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, ard there is no god with me: I alone kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and no one can deliver out of my hand.
Psalms 147:3He that healeth the broken-hearted, and bindeth up their hurts;
Isaiah 30:26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, on the day that the Lord bindeth up the broken [limbs] of his people, and healeth the bruise of their wound.
Hosea 6:1“Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and 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 →