Job 5:26
Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
In Context
25And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
27Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Cross References
Genesis 15:15and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;
Exodus 23:26there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:
Job 42:16And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations;
Psalms 91:16With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!
Proverbs 10:27The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are 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 →