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17 (A)Happy is the person whom God corrects!
    Do not resent it when he rebukes you.

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17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(A)
    so do not despise the discipline(B) of the Almighty.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

11 (A)My child, when the Lord corrects you, pay close attention and take it as a warning. 12 (B)The Lord corrects those he loves, as parents correct a child of whom they are proud.

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(C)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child