Job 5:17
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; 1 therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. 1
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16So the poor person has hope, 1 and injustice shuts her own mouth. 1
18For he wounds and then binds up; 1 he wounds and then his hands heal. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5You will think about in your heart, how, as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
Psalms 118:18Yahweh has punished me harshly; 1 but he has not handed me over to death. 1
Jeremiah 31:18“I have certainly heard Ephraim sorrowing, 'You punished me, and I have been punished like an untrained calf. 1 Bring me back and I will be brought back, for you are Yahweh my God. 1
James 1:12Blessed is the man who endures testing. For after he has passed the test, he will receive the crown of life, which has been promised to those who love God.
Revelation 3:19I train everyone whom I love, and I teach them how they should live. Therefore, be earnest and repent.
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 →