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Job 5:18
18For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, 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
16And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut. 17“But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin. For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal. 19From six disasters he will rescue you; even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil. 20He will save you from death in time of famine, from the power of the sword in 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 32:39Look now; I myself am he! There is no other god but me! I am the one who kills and gives life; I am the one who wounds and heals; no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord gives both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
- Isaiah 30:26The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.
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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