King James Version
Job 5:19 in the King James Version says “He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.”
Job 5:19 · KJV
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
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. from: or, when the tongue scourgeth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thee in six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“yea in seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“touch”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
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