Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
King James Version
In Context
26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Job 12:2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 22:2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Psalms 111:2The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Proverbs 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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 →