17 Behold, blessed is the man whom God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almighty.

18 For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it up: he smiteth, and his hands make whole.

19 He shall deliver thee in [a]six troubles, and in the seventh the evil shall not touch thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:19 He will send trouble after trouble that his children may not for one time, but continually trust in him: but they shall have a comfortable issue, even in the greatest and the last, which is here called the seventh.

17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(A)
    so do not despise the discipline(B) of the Almighty.[a](C)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(D)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(E)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(F) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job