Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
King James Version
In Context
25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Cross References
Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Exodus 23:26There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Job 42:16After this lived Job an 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 shew him my salvation.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: 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 →