Job 5:17
Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.
18For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5Thou must consider, then with thy heart,—that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee.
Psalms 118:18Yah, chastened me sore, But, unto death, did not deliver me.
Jeremiah 31:18I have, heard, Ephraim bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised me and I have been chastised, Like a bullock, not broken in, Suffer me to return that I may return, For thou, art Yahweh my God.
James 1:12Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life—which he hath promised unto them that love him.
Revelation 3:19I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, 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 →