Job 5:18

What does Job 5:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 5:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Context

v.17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

v.18This passage

v.19He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

  • 1 Samuel 2:6

    Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

  • Psalms 147:3

    He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

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