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17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects.
    Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and binds up.
    He injures and his hands make whole.
19 He will deliver you in six troubles;
    yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death;
    in war, from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
    neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine,
    neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23 For you will be allied with the stones of the field.
    The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is in peace.
    You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25 You will know also that your offspring[a] will be great,
    Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave in a full age,
    like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 Look at this. We have searched it. It is so.
    Hear it, and know it for your good.”

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  1. 5:25 or, seed

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God [a]correcteth:
Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up;
He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles;
Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death;
And in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;
Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh;
Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field;
And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace;
And thou shalt visit thy [b]fold, and [c]shalt miss nothing.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,
And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age,
Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is;
Hear it, and know thou it [d]for thy good.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Or, reproveth
  2. Job 5:24 Or, habitation
  3. Job 5:24 Or, shalt not err
  4. Job 5:27 Hebrew for thyself.