For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For - assigning a motive to induce Job to accept chastisement patiently-namely, God, who chastises us, can and will remove the stroke upon our penitent submission to Him.
He maketh sore, and bindeth up - (Deuteronomy 32:39 - "I wound and I heal;" Hosea 6:1; 1 Samuel 2:6). An image from binding up a wound. The healing art consisted much at that time in external applications.