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Job 5:17

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Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

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Job 5:17 in other translations

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects.
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Job 5:17 · World English Bible

Job 5:17 in context

  1. 15But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
  2. 16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
  3. 17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
  4. 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
  5. 19He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.