Job 5 · Verse 18

Job 5:18

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Job 5:18, King James Version

Job 5:18 in other translations

BSBFor He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
WEBFor he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
ASVFor he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
YLTFor He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
DARBYFor he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
BBEFor after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.
WebsterFor he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

What does Job 5:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. he maketh sore, and bindeth up--(De 32:39; Ho 6:1; 1Sa 2:6). An image from binding up a wound. The healing art consisted much at that time in external applications.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up - Thus nervously rendered by Coverdale, For though he make a wounde, he giveth a medicyne agayne; though he smyte, his honde maketh whole agayne.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:17-27

Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; and notice it as a messenger from Heaven. Eliphaz also encourages Job to submit to his condition. A good man is happy though he be afflicted, for he has not lost his enjoyment of God, nor his title to heaven; nay, he is happy…

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Job 5:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
יַכְאִ֣יבyakh.'Ivhe causes painH3510
וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁve.yech.Bashand he may bind upH2280
יִ֝מְחַ֗ץyim.Chatzhe shattersH4272
וְיָדָ֥יוve.ya.dovand hands hisH3027
תִּרְפֶּֽינָה\׃tir.Pei.nahthey healH7495

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 5:18

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 147:3

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

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 2:6

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; Ps 147:3; Isa 30:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 5:17

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Job 5:18

    For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Job 5:19

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

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Job 5:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque él es el que hace la llaga, y él la vendará: él hiere, y sus manos curan.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car c’est lui qui fait la plaie et qui la bande; il frappe, et ses mains guérissent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn er bereitet Schmerz und verbindet, er zerschlägt, und seine Hände heilen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quia ipse vulnerat, et medetur; percutit, et manus ejus sanabunt.