King James Version (KJV)
Job 5:17
“Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:”
Verse in context — Job 5
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But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
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For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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