Job 5:17-27
17“Behold, how ahappy is the man whom God reproves,So do not despise the bdiscipline of ▼
▼ Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6
the Almighty.18“For dHe inflicts pain, and ▼
▼ Lit binds
gives relief;He wounds, and His hands also heal.
19 ▼
▼ Lit In
“From six troubles gHe will deliver you,Even in seven hevil will not touch you.
20“In ifamine He will redeem you from death,
And jin war from the power of the sword.
21“You will be khidden from the scourge of the tongue,
lAnd you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
22“You will mlaugh at violence and famine,
nAnd you will not be afraid of ▼
▼ Lit beasts of the earth
wild beasts.23“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And pthe beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24“You will know that your qtent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
25“You will know also that your ▼
▼ Lit seed
,
sdescendants will be many,And tyour offspring as the grass of the earth.
26“You will ucome to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.
27“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”
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