Job 5:17
Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
18For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,
Psalms 118:18Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou [art] Jehovah my God.
James 1:12Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
Revelation 3:19'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;
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 →