Job 5:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ *וידו **וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

Transliteration

kî hûʾ yaḵʾîb wə-yeḥbāš yimḥaṣ wə-yādāyw tirpeynāh

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
• *yaḵʾîb*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he causes pain
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *yeḥbāš*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he binds up
• *yimḥaṣ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he wounds/crushes
• *yādāyw*: noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hands
• *tirpeynāh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they heal

Word Meanings

• *yaḵʾîb*: causes pain/wounds/makes sore
• *yeḥbāš*: binds up/bandages
• *yimḥaṣ*: wounds/crushes/smites
• *tirpeynāh*: heal/make whole

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For He wounds, but He also binds up; He injures, but His hands also heal.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For though he make a wounde, he geueth a medicyne agayne: though he smyte, his honde maketh whole agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For be maketh a wounde and he healeth: he smiteth, and his hande maketh whole againe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For he wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

Referenced Verses

• Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.
• Isa 30:26 : 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the wound of their bruise.
• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: nor is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 The LORD kills and makes alive: he brings down to the grave and brings up.
• Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.