Job 5

Job · Chapter 5

Job 5:18

1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
forכִּ֤יkiH3588A
for

כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

heה֣וּאhu'H1931
he/she/it

הוּא (hu) pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

he causes painיַכְאִ֣יבyakh-'IVH3510
to pain

כָּאַב (ka.av) 1) to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be in pain (physical) 1a2) to be in pain (mental) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause pain, hurt, mar 1b2) pain, mar (participle)

and he may bind upוְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁve-yech-BASHH2280
to saddle/tie

חָבַשׁ (cha.vash) 1) to tie, bind, bind on, bind up, saddle, restrain, bandage, govern 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, bind on 1a2) to bind up 1b) (Piel) to bind, restrain 1c) (Pual) to be bound up

he shattersיִ֝מְחַ֗ץyim-CHATZH4272
to wound

מָחַץ (ma.chats) 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle)

and hands hisוְיָדָ֥יוve-ya-dovH3027G
hand

יָד (yad) : hand/arm[anatomy] 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

they healתִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃tir-PEI-nahH7495
to heal

רָפָא (ra.pah) 1) to heal, make healthful 1a) (Qal) to heal 1a1) of God 1a2) healer, physician (of men) 1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig) 1a4) of individual distresses (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be healed 1b1) literal (of persons) 1b2) of water, pottery 1b3) of national hurts (fig) 1b4) of personal distress (fig) 1c) (Piel) to heal 1c1) literal 1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig) 1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.