Job 5:19
17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
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.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- KJV
- He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- WEB
- He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
- ASV
- He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- DARBY
- He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- BLB
- In six distresses he will rescue you, and in seven, evil shall not touch you.
- ÅB
- I seks trengsler skal han berge deg, og i den syvende skal intet ondt røre deg.
- OTB
- Fra seks trengsler vil Han redde deg,
Selv i syv, vil ondt ikke røre deg. - B1930
- I seks trengsler skal han berge dig, og i den syvende skal intet ondt røre dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Read in contextPsalms 91:3–10
Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
Read in contextProverbs 24:16
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
Read in context2 Peter 2:9
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:8
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
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