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Blessing Comes When God Corrects You

17 “Blessed is the person whom Eloah corrects.
    That person should not despise discipline from Shadday.
18 God injures, but he bandages.
    He beats you up, but his hands make you well.
19 He will keep you safe from six troubles,
    and when the seventh one comes, no harm will touch 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)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(D)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(E)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(F) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.(G)

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Footnotes

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