Job 5:18

16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

17 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.

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power 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, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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  • Psalms 147:3

    He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:6

    The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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