Job 5:27
Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
Literal Standard Version
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
26You come in full age to the grave, || As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13to keep the commands of YHWH, and His statutes which I am commanding you today, for good for you?
Job 12:2“Truly—you [are] the people, and wisdom dies with you.
Job 15:9What have you known, and we do not know? [What] do you understand, and it is not with us?
Job 22:2“Is a man profitable to God, || Because a wise man is profitable to himself?
Psalms 111:2Great [are] the works of YHWH, || Sought out by all desiring them.
Proverbs 9:12If you have been wise, you have been wise for yourself, || And you have scorned—you bear [it] alone.
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 →