Job 5:17
But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; 1 And reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
16And let the weak have hope, 1 But the mouth of the unjust be stopped. 1
18For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: 1 He smites, and his hands heal. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5And thou shalt know in thy heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee.
Psalms 118:18Unveil thou mine eyes, 1 And I shall perceive wondrous things out of thy law. 1
Jeremiah 31:18Come down from thy glory, and sit down in a damp place: Dibon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against thee one to ravage thy stronghold.
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 →