Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal.

New American Standard Bible

“For He inflicts pain, and gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

For He crushes but also binds up;
He strikes, but His hands also heal.

A Conservative Version

For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.

American Standard Version

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Amplified


“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.

Bible in Basic English

For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

Darby Translation

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Julia Smith Translation

For he will cause pain, and he will bind up: he will smite and his hands will heal.

King James 2000

For he bruises, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for he himself wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.

Modern King James verseion

For He makes sore, and binds up; He wounds, and His hands make whole.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For though he make a wound, he giveth a medicine again: though he smite, his hand maketh whole again.

NET Bible

For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

New Heart English Bible

For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

The Emphasized Bible

For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.

Webster

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

World English Bible

For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

Youngs Literal Translation

For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּאב 
Ka'ab 
Usage: 8

and bindeth up
חבשׁ 
Chabash 
Usage: 33

מחץ 
Machats 
Usage: 15

and his hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Job 5:18

Images Job 5:18

Context Readings

Blessing Comes When God Corrects You

17 "Indeed, how blessed is the person whom God reproves! So never disrespect the discipline of the Almighty, 18 because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal. 19 "He will deliver you through six calamities; and calamity won't touch you throughout the seventh.



Cross References

Isaiah 30:26

Moreover, the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the sun's light will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

Deuteronomy 32:39

"Look now! I AM, and there is no other god besides me. I myself cause death and I sustain life; I wound severely and I also heal; from my power no one can deliver.

1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their injuries.

Hosea 6:1

"Come, let us return to the LORD; even though he has torn us, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bind our wounds.

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