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Job 5:18
18He may cause you to have pain, but he will make you well again. He may hurt you, but he will also give you health.
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 poor people can hope for justice. Wicked people have to be quiet. 17If Almighty God warns you to do what is right, he has blessed you. So do not be upset when he decides to do that. He may cause you to have pain, but he will make you well again. He may hurt you, but he will also give you health. 19If trouble comes to you six times, he will rescue you. No bad thing will hurt you, as often as it happens. 20If there is a time of famine, he will keep you alive. He will protect you from death in a time of war.
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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:18
- Deuteronomy 32:39Realize the truth! I alone am God. There is no other god as well as me. I can kill and I can give life. I can hurt people and I can make them well again. Nobody can stop me doing what I choose to do.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord gives both life and death. He sends some people to their graves, and he raises other people up.
- Psalms 147:3He makes people who are very sad well again. He helps their wounds to get better.
- Isaiah 30:26At that time, the moon will shine as bright as the sun. Light from the sun will be seven times brighter. It will be like the light of seven days at the same time! At that time, the Lord will make the wounds of his people better. He has hurt them, but now he will make them better.
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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