Job 5 · Verse 19

Job 5:19

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job 5:19, King James Version

Job 5:19 in other translations

BSBHe will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
WEBHe will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
ASVHe will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
YLTIn six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
DARBYHe will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
BBEHe will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
WebsterHe will deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

What does Job 5:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. in six ... yea, in seven--(Pr 6:16; Am 1:3). The Hebrew idiom fixes on a certain number (here "six"), in order to call attention as to a thing of importance; then increases the force by adding, with a "yea, nay seven," the next higher number; here "seven," the sacred and perfect number. In all possible troubles; not merely in the precise number "seven."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles - The numbers six and seven are put here for many. Though a number of troubles should come upon thee all at once, and there should be no hope, humanly speaking, yet God would rid thee out of them all; for he saves as well from many as from few. We may also understand the words, He who hath been thy deliverer in past troubles, will not deny his help in those which are to come.

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 5:19 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.

בְּשֵׁ֣שׁbe.Sheshin sixH8337
צָ֭רוֹתTza.rottroublesH6869
יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּya.tzi.Le.kahe will deliver youH5337
וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע\׀u.ve.She.va'and in sevenH7651
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יִגַּ֖עyi.Ga'it will touchH5060
בְּךָ֣be.Kha<in> you
רָֽע\׃Ra'harmH7451

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

Cross references for Job 5:19

  • Psalms 34:19

    Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

  • Psalms 91:3-10

    Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. …

  • Proverbs 24:16

    For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  • 2 Peter 2:9

    The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8

    For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
deliver thee.
Ps 34:19; 91:3-7; Pr 24:16; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 1:8; 2Pe 2:9
no evil.
Ps 91:7-10

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Context

  • 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.

  • Job 5:20

    In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

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Job 5:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En seis tribulaciones te librará, y en la séptima no te tocará el mal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		En six détresses il te délivrera, et, dans sept, le mal ne t’atteindra pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		In sechs Drangsalen wird er dich erretten, und in sieben wird dich kein Übel antasten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In sex tribulationibus liberabit te, et in septima non tanget te malum.