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


In Context

14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night.

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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

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

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

Job 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17"Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17|Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty: