King James Version
Job 5:17 in the King James Version says “Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:”
Job 5:17 · KJV
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold happy”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
“is the man”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“correcteth”
H3198to be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
“not thou the chastening”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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