Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
Noyes 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
25Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
27Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
Cross References
Job 42:16And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.”
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the LORD prolongeth life; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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 →