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Job 5:17-18 KJV
Job · chapter 5 · verses 17–18
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.Job 5:17-18 · King James Version
Job 5:17-18 in context
15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Commentary
Cross references
- James 1:12
- Psalms 94:12
- Proverbs 3:11-12
- Revelation 3:19
- James 5:11
- Hebrews 12:5-11
- Jeremiah 31:18
- Hosea 6:1
- Deuteronomy 32:39
- Isaiah 30:26
- Psalms 147:3
- 1 Samuel 2:6
Key words (Strong's)
- correctethyâkachto be rightH3198 →
- chasteningmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- woundethmâchatsto dash asunderH4272 →
- despisemâʼaçto spurnH3988 →
- happyʼesherhappinessH835 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- sorekâʼabproperly, to feel painH3510 →
- Godʼĕlôwahha deity or the DeityH433 →
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Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and accommodate himself to them. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-27