Job 5:18 · KJV
“For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.”
— Job 5:18
Behold, happy {is} the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job 5 — Context
So 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. {power: Heb. hands}
Cross References
Hosea 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: 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: neither {is there any} that can deliver out of my hand.
Psalms 147:3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. {wounds: Heb. griefs}
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 the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.