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 · 2000For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Context
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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