Job 5:18

For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: 1 He smites, and his hands heal. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

In Context

17But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; 1 And reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 1

19Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: 1 And in the seventh harm shall not touch thee. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39Behold, behold that I am he, 1 And there is no god beside me: 1 I kill, and I will make to live: 1 I will smite, and I will heal; 1 And there is none who shall deliver out of my hands. 1

Psalms 147:3He makes thy borders peaceful, 1 And fills thee with the flour of wheat. 1

Isaiah 30:26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold in the day when the Lord shall heal the breach of his people, and shall heal the pain of thy wound.

Hosea 6:1Let us go, and return to the Lord our God; for he has torn, and will heal us; he will smite, and bind us up.

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 →

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