Job 5:27
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
Leeser Tanakh
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
26Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy own good?
Job 12:2Truly ye are indeed the [right kind of] people, and with you wisdom must die out.
Job 15:9What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
Job 22:2Can a man be serviceable unto God? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself.
Psalms 111:2Great are the works of the Lord, they are sought for [by them] in all their desires.
Proverbs 9:12If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.”
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 →