Job 5:17
But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
16And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
18for he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5And you shall know in your heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord your God will chasten you.
Psalms 118:18Unveil you my eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law. 1
Jeremiah 31:18Come down from your glory, and sit down in a damp place: Daebon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against you one to ravage your strong-hold.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →