Job 5:26
Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
Leeser Tanakh
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 is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
27Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
Cross References
Genesis 15:15But thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Exodus 23:26There shall be no one casting her children, nor a barren woman, in thy land; the number of thy days I will make full.
Job 42:16And Job lived after this one hundred and forty years: and he saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 91:16With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will let him see my salvation.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord increaseth [man's] days; but the years of the wicked will 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 →