Job 5:17–27

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom †God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. ¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole. ¹⁹He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee. ²⁰In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword. ²¹Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh. ²²At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid. ²³For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. ²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing. ²⁵And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth. ²⁶Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season. ²⁷Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.