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Job 5:18
18For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief; He wounds, but His hands also heal.
Job 5:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
- New International Version (NIV)For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole.
Context of Job 5:18
16So the helpless have hope, And injustice shuts its mouth. 17“Behold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise or reject the discipline of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering]. For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief; He wounds, but His hands also heal. 19He will rescue you from six troubles; Even in seven, evil will not touch you. 20In famine He will redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 5:18
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and I who give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].
- Isaiah 30:26The light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days [concentrated in one], in the day the Lord binds up the fracture of His people and heals the wound He has inflicted [because of their sins].
Commentaries on Job 5:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up - Thus nervously rendered by Coverdale, For though he make a wounde, he giveth a medicyne agayne; though he smyte, his honde maketh whole agayne.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18For he maketh sore - That is, he afflicts. And bindeth up - He heals. The phrase is taken from the custom of binding up a wound; see Isaiah 1:6, note; Isaiah 38:21, note. This was a common mode of healing among the Hebrews; and the practice of medicine appears to have been confined much to external applications. The meaning of this verse is, that afflictions come from God, and that he only can support, comfort, and restore. Health is his gift; and all the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; and notice it as a messenger from Heaven. Eliphaz also encourages Job to submit to his condition. A good man is happy though he be afflicted, for he has not lost his enjoyment of God, nor his title to heaven; nay, he is happy because he is afflicted…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. he maketh sore, and bindeth up--(De 32:39; Ho 6:1; 1Sa 2:6). An image from binding up a wound. The healing art consisted much at that time in external applications.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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