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17 “Behold, how (A)blessed is the man whom God reproves,
So do not reject the (B)discipline of the [a]Almighty.
18 For (C)He inflicts pain and [b]gives relief;
He [c]wounds, and His hands also heal.
19 [d]From six distresses (D)He will deliver you,
Even in seven (E)evil will not touch you.
20 In (F)famine He will redeem you from death,
And (G)in war from hands with swords.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Heb Shaddai, so in Job
  2. Job 5:18 Lit binds
  3. Job 5:18 Or crushes
  4. Job 5:19 Lit In