Job 5:18

bindeth up... His hands. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he maketh sore - That is, he afflicts. And bindeth up - He heals. The phrase is taken from the custom of binding up a wound; see Isaiah...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz advises Job to accept the Divine discipline so that God may again show Himself gracious. As for me, instead of being impatient like a fool, I...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. For - assigning a motive to induce Job to accept chastisement pati...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Eliphaz (concluded) 1-5. Eliphaz warns Job that to show a resentful temper at God's dispensations is folly, and that fools nev...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He maketh sore, and bindeth up. — The sentiment here expressed is one of those obvious ones which lose all their force from familiarity with them,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proceeding, Eliphaz asked Job to whom he would appeal, to which of the holy ones, that is, as against the truth which he had declared, or in defense...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up ,.... Or, "though he maketh sore, yet he bindeth up" d; as a surgeon, who makes a wound the sorer by probing and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bindeth up, to wit, the wounds, as good surgeons use to do when they have dressed them, in order to their healing. Compare Psalms 147:3 Ezekiel...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. Happiness “Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.” There are comparatively few happy ones...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

for He maketh sore and bindeth up, in order to heal the wound which He has inflicted, Hosea 6:1 ; Deuteronomy 32:39 ; He woundeth, and His hands m...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:6 ; Deuteronomy 32:39 ; Isaiah 30:26 ; Psalms 147:3
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For he, &c. — God's usual method is, first to humble, and then to exalt. And he never makes a wound too great, too deep for his own cure.

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

Related Commentaries of Job 5:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 5:18