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.

20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle from the power of the sword.

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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.

18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(A)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(B)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(C) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.(D)
20 In famine(E) he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.(F)

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