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Job 5:17–18

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17“Behold, how ablessed is the man whom God reproves,

So do not reject the bdiscipline of the 1Almighty.

18“For aHe inflicts pain and 1gives relief;

He 2wounds, and His hands also heal.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Heb Shaddai, so in Job
  2. 1Lit binds
  3. 2Or crushes

Cross references

  1. aPs 94:12
  2. bJob 36:15, 16; Prov 3:11; Heb 12:5–11; James 1:12
  3. aDeut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6; Is 30:26; Hos 6:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves;

therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

For he wounds, but he binds up;

he shatters, but his hands heal.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;

so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

For he wounds, but he also binds up;

he injures, but his hands also heal.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

See how happy is the person whom God corrects;

so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

For he wounds but he also bandages;

he strikes, but his hands also heal.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But consider the joy of those corrected by God!

Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.

For though he wounds, he also bandages.

He strikes, but his hands also heal.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Look, happy is the human being whom God reproves;

and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,

for he himself wounds, but he binds up;

he strikes, but his hands heal.

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:

Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up:

He woundeth, and his hands make whole.