Job 5:19

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
deliver	יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ ya.tzi.Le.ka	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
six	בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ be.Shesh	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · preposition + cardinal number, both genders singular construct
troubles	צָ֭רוֹת Tza.rot	H6869	tightness (i.e. figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
seven	וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע u.ve.She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · conjunction + preposition + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
evil	רָֽע Ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
touch	יִגַּ֖ע yi.Ga'	H5060	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye ar…
Psalms 91:3-10 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 5:17–end

Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and accommodate himself to them. Observe, I. The seasonable word of caution and exhortation that he gives him (Job 5:17): "Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the father's love and is designed for the child's good. Call it the chastening of the Almighty, with whom it is madness to contend, to whom it is wisdom and duty to submit, and who will be a God all-sufficient (for so the word signifies) to all those that trust in him. Do not despise it;" it is…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 5:19

in six . . . yea, in seven-- (Pro 6:16; Amo 1:3). The Hebrew idiom fixes on a certain number (here "six"), in order to call attention as to a thing of importance; then increases the force by adding, with a "yea, nay seven," the next higher number; here "seven," the sacred and perfect number. In all possible troubles; not merely in the precise number "seven."

John Gill on Job 5:19

He shall deliver thee in six troubles,.... Behaving as before directed; seeking unto God, committing his cause and case to him, and leaving it with him; and not despising the chastening of the Lord, but receiving and bearing it with reverence, patience, and submission: and then the sense is, that God would deliver out of whatsoever troubles he was or should be in, though they were ever so many; a certain number being put for an uncertain one, Psalm 34:19, yea, seven there shall no evil touch thee; which is a number expressive of multitude and of perfection, and so may denote the multitude and fulness of afflictions: the tribulations of God's people are many, through which they pass to heave…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Job 5:17-21

17 Behold, happy is the man whom Eloah correcteth; So despise not the chastening of the Almighty! 18 For He woundeth, and He also bindeth up; He bruiseth, and His hands make whole. 19 In six troubles He will rescue thee, And in seven no evil shall touch thee. 20 In famine He will redeem thee from death, And in war from the stroke of the sword. 21 When the tongue scourgeth, thou shalt be hidden; And thou shalt not fear destruction when it cometh. The speech of Eliphaz now becomes persuasive as it turns towards the conclusion. Since God humbles him who exalts himself, and since He humbles in order to exalt, it is a happy thing when He corrects (הוכיח) us by afflictive dispensations; and His ch…

The Church Fathers

"And on the seventh day evil will not be able to reach you. Mysterious designation of the Sabbath.
— Augustine of Hippo, ANNOTATIONS ON THE BOOK OF JOB (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

We must not think that the author intends to limit divine providence by fixing a precise number of troubles. He means that God will completely save you from the afflictions that surround you.
— Ishodad of Merv, COMMENTARY ON JOB 5:19

He shall deliver thee in six troubles, yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. For what is denoted by the number 'six,' which is followed by 'the seventh,' saving the labour and course of the present life? For God, finishing all things on the sixth day, created man, and God rested on the seventh day; and this same seventh day is without an evening, for there is no longer any end to close the rest that followeth. When all things, then, are completed, the rest followeth, in that after the good works of the present life, the recompense of eternal rest follows. Therefore 'in six troubles the Lord delivers us,' that 'no evil may touch us in the seventh,' in that by the training of His fatherly pity, He exercises us with the labours of the present life, but at the coming of the Judge, He hides us from the scourge, that He may then bring us out the more sure for His salvation, in proportion as we are now scored the more cruelly with scourges.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book VI

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Dictionary and topics

Seven — This number occurs frequently in Scripture, and in such connections as lead to the supposition that it has some typical meaning. On the seventh day God rested, and hallowed it (Gen. 2:2, 3). The…
Depravity Of Man · 1:18;2:9,25; — 1:18;2:9,25;
Happiness · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Judgments · Saints: Preserved during — Saints: Preserved during
Philosophy · provi — provi

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Job 5:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 5:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 5:19

John Gill on Job 5:19

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 5:17-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 5:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 5:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 5:19

John Gill on Job 5:19

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 5:17-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 5:19-26

Rashi on Job 5:19