Job 5:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves; so do not despise or reject the correction of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Look, happy is the person whom God corrects; so don’t reject the Almighty’s instruction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.

Job 5:17 Cross References

James 1:12

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, And teachest out of thy law;

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

James 5:11

Behold, we call them blessed which endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

Job 8:5

If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Job 11:13

If thou set thine heart aright, And stretch out thine hands toward him;

Job 15:11

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, And the word that dealeth gently with thee?

Job 36:15

He delivereth the afflicted by his affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.

Job 36:16

Yea, he would have led thee away out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Deuteronomy 8:5

And thou shalt consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

Psalm 118:18

The LORD hath chastened me sore: But he hath not given me over unto death.