Job 5:18

Modern

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Traditional

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

Literal

For He brings pain, and binds up; he wounds, and his hands heal.

Latin

…quia ipse vulnerat, et medetur; percutit, et manus ejus sanabunt.

Hebrew

English

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Theme notes and profiles

Hosea 6:1
Come, 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 32:39
See 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.
Isaiah 30:26
The 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 He has inflicted.
Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.