Job 5:17

הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל ־ תִּמְאָֽס ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

In Context

16וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ ׃

18כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:5וְיָדַעְתָּ עִם ־ לְבָבֶךָ כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יְיַסֵּר אִישׁ אֶת ־ בְּנוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ ׃

Psalms 118:18יַסֹּר יִסְּרַנִּי יָּהּ וְלַמָּוֶת לֹא נְתָנָֽנִי ׃

Jeremiah 31:18שָׁמוֹעַ שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶפְרַיִם מִתְנוֹדֵד יִסַּרְתַּנִי וָֽאִוָּסֵר כְּעֵגֶל לֹא לֻמָּד הֲשִׁיבֵנִי וְאָשׁוּבָה כִּי אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהָֽי ׃

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 →

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