Job 5:27
Lo, this — we searched it out — it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
In Context
26Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:13to keep the commands of Jehovah, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, for good to thee?
Job 12:2Truly — ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
Job 15:9What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou — and it is not with us?
Job 22:2To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
Psalms 111:2Great [are] the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.
Proverbs 9:12If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned — thyself bearest [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 →