Job 5:19
In six distresses He delivers you, || And in seven evil does not strike on you.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In Context
18For He pains, and He binds up, || He strikes, and His hands heal.
20In famine He has redeemed you from death, || And in battle from the hands of the sword.
Cross References
Psalms 34:20He is keeping all his bones, || Not one of them has been broken.
Psalms 91:3For He delivers you from the snare of a fowler, || From a calamitous pestilence.
Proverbs 6:16These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
Isaiah 43:2When you pass into waters, I [am] with you, || And into floods, they do not overflow you, || When you go into fire, you are not burned, || And a flame does not burn against you.
Daniel 3:25He answered and has said, “Behold, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth [is] like to a son of the gods.”
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you—except that of man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted above what you are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able 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 →