Verse 19
Job 5:19
New Living Translation
19
From six disasters he will rescue you;<br>even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/שֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑/ךָּ וּ/בְ/שֶׁ֓בַע לֹא יִגַּ֖ע בְּ/ךָ֣ רָֽע
English Translation
In six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven no evil shall touch you.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
“Cry for help, but will anyone answer you?<br>Which of the angels will help you?<br>
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2
Surely resentment destroys the fool,<br>and jealousy kills the simple.<br>
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3
I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,<br>but then comes sudden disaster.<br>
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4
Their children are abandoned far from help;<br>they are crushed in court with no one to defend them....
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5
The hungry devour their harvest,<br>even when it is guarded by brambles.<br>The thirsty pant after t...
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6
But evil does not spring from the soil,<br>and trouble does not sprout from the earth.<br>
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7
People are born for trouble<br>as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.<br>
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8
“If I were you, I would go to God (Elohim)<br>and present my case to him.<br>
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9
He does great things too marvelous to understand.<br>He performs countless miracles.<br>
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10
He gives rain for the earth<br>and water for the fields.<br>
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11
He gives prosperity to the poor<br>and protects those who suffer.<br>
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12
He frustrates the plans of schemers<br>so the work of their hands will not succeed.<br>
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13
He traps the wise in their own cleverness<br>so their cunning schemes are thwarted.<br>
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14
They find it is dark in the daytime,<br>and they grope at noon as if it were night.<br>
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15
He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,<br>and rescues them from the clutches of t...
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16
And so at last the poor have hope,<br>and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.<br>
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17
“But consider the joy of those corrected by God (Elohim)!<br>Do not despise the discipline of the Al...
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18
For though he wounds, he also bandages.<br>He strikes, but his hands also heal.<br>
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19
From six disasters he will rescue you;<br>even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.<br>
20
He will save you from death in time of famine,<br>from the power of the sword in time of war.<br>
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21
You will be safe from slander<br>and have no fear when destruction comes.<br>
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22
You will laugh at destruction and famine;<br>wild animals will not terrify you.<br>
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23
You will be at peace with the stones of the field,<br>and its wild animals will be at peace with you...
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24
You will know that your home is safe.<br>When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.<...
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25
You will have many children;<br>your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!<br>
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26
You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,<br>like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!<b...
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27
“We have studied life and found all this to be true.<br>Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourse...
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