Job 5:18 Meaning and Explanation
“For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.”
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz affirms that the God who wounds also binds up, and the hand that hurts also heals.
What Does Job 5:18 Mean?
Eliphaz explains why God's correction can be welcomed: the same God who makes sore also binds up the wound, and the hand that strikes is the hand that heals. He presents God as a physician whose painful treatments are aimed at restoration.
This is one of the tenderest pictures of God in all of Scripture. He does not wound to abandon but to heal; His severity serves His mercy. The prophets would echo it, and ultimately it is fulfilled in Christ, by whose stripes we are healed. We can trust the hand that allows our pain, for it is the same hand outstretched to make us whole.
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What does Job 5:18 mean?
Eliphaz affirms that the God who wounds also binds up, and the hand that hurts also heals.