17 “Behold, (A)happy is the person whom God disciplines,
So do not reject the (B)discipline of [a]the Almighty.
18 For (C)He inflicts pain, and [b]gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.
19 In six troubles (D)He will save you;
Even in seven, (E)evil will not touch you.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6
  2. Job 5:18 Lit binds

17 “Behold,(A) happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 (B)For He bruises, but He binds up;
He wounds, but His hands make whole.
19 (C)He shall deliver you in six troubles,
Yes, in seven (D)no evil shall touch you.

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17 “Behold, (A)blessed is the one whom God reproves;
    therefore (B)despise not the discipline of the (C)Almighty.
18 For he wounds, but he (D)binds up;
    he (E)shatters, but his hands heal.
19 He will (F)deliver you from six troubles;
    in seven no (G)evil[a] shall touch you.

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  1. Job 5:19 Or disaster

15 He rescues the afflicted in [a]their (A)misery,
And (B)opens their ears in time of oppression.

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  1. Job 36:15 Lit his

15 He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.

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15 He delivers (A)the afflicted by their affliction
    and (B)opens their ear by adversity.

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16 Then indeed, He induced you away from the mouth of distress,
And instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And your table was full of [a]rich food.

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  1. Job 36:16 Or fatness

16 “Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
(A)Into a broad place where there is no restraint;
And (B)what is set on your table would be full of (C)richness.

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16 He also allured you out of distress
    into (A)a broad place where there was no cramping,
    and what was set on your (B)table was full of (C)fatness.

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