King James Version
Job 5:18 in the King James Version says “For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.”
Job 5:18 · KJV
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.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. power: Heb. hands
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“For he maketh sore”
H3510properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
“and bindeth up”
H2280to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
“he woundeth”
H4272to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
“and his hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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