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16 So[a] there is hope[b] for the powerless,
and wickedness shuts its mouth.
17 “Look, happy is the human being whom God reproves;
and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,
18 for he himself[c] wounds, but[d] he binds up;
he strikes, but[e] his hands heal.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:16 Or “And”
  2. Job 5:16 Or “hope exists”
  3. Job 5:18 Emphatic personal pronoun
  4. Job 5:18 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 5:18 Hebrew “and”