Job 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
In Context
25You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
Cross References
Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Exodus 23:26No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Job 42:16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Psalms 91:16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
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 →