Job 5:19 Explained in Context

Verse 17. ¹⁷ Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Verse 18. ¹⁸ For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Verse 19. ¹⁹ He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Verse 20. ²⁰ In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

Verse 21. ²¹ Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Verse 22. ²² At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Verse 23. ²³ For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Verse 24. ²⁴ And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

Verse 25. ²⁵ Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Verse 26. ²⁶ Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

Verse 27. ²⁷ Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.