Job 5:27
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
Majority Standard Bible
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 will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
Job 15:9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Job 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
Psalms 111:2Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
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 →