Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him
Job 5:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- KJV
- For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
- WEB
- For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
- ASV
- For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
- LSV
- For He pains, and He binds up, || He strikes, and His hands heal.
- YLT
- For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
- DBY
- For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
- DRC
- For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
- GNV
- For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.
- JPS
- For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.
- LXXE
- For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.
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- Written (Ketiv): וְיָדוֹ (“and hand his”). Read aloud (Qere): וְיָדָ֥יו (“and hands his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְיָדָ֥ו; read aloud (Qere) reads וְיָדָ֥יו (“and hands his”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וידו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃Read aloud as (qere): וְיָדָ֥יו
- LXX-Br
- Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ, καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν· ἔπαισε, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἰάσαντο.
Who and where
◆ Job's Trial
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Whole; WholesomeEliphazEliphaz (2)PhilosophyHappinessPapyrusPresumptionRighteousFaithAfflictions and Adversities
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Isaiah 30:26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds…
- 1 Samuel 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).