JOB 5:18

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Job 5:18 Translation & Meaning

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For כִּ֤י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed For
he ה֣וּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are he
maketh sore, יַכְאִ֣יב Properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil maketh sore
and bindeth up: וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ To wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule bindeth up
he woundeth, יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ To dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy woundeth
and his hands וְיָדָ֥ו A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hands
make whole. תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ Properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure make whole

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  • 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:

  • 18  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.




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