Job 5:18

16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
KJV
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
WEB
For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
ASV
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
DARBY
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
BLB
For He brings pain, and binds up; he wounds, and his hands heal.
ÅB
For han sårer, og han forbinder; han slår, og hans hender leger.
OTB
For Han forårsaker smerte og gir lindring;
Han sårer, og Hans hender helbreder også.
B1930
For han sårer, og han forbinder; han slår, og hans hender læger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

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  • Psalms 147:3

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

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  • Isaiah 30:26

    The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:6

    The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

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