Job 5:24
And you have known that your tent [is] peace, || And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
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In Context
25And have known that your seed [is] numerous, || And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:6Blessed [are] you in your coming in, and blessed [are] you in your going out.
Job 8:6If you [are] pure and upright, || Surely now He wakes for you, || And has completed || The habitation of your righteousness.
Job 18:15It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, || Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
Job 21:7Why do the wicked live? They have become old, || Indeed, they have been mighty in wealth.
Psalms 91:10Evil does not happen to you, || And a plague does not come near your tent,
Psalms 107:40He is pouring contempt on nobles, || And causes them to wander in vacancy—no way.
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 →