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Job 5:18
18For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal.
Context of Job 5:18
16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. 17“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. 19From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you. 20In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
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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 32:39“See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:6“The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Isaiah 30:26The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.
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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