Job 5:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 5:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 5:18 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 5:18 — KJV
“For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.”
— Job 5:18 (KJV)
Job 5:18 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 5:18
“Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:18: maketh, hands, make
“And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:18: maketh, make, whole
“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:18: maketh, make, whole
“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:18: make, whole
“Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. divineth: or, maketh trial?”
Shares key themes with Job 5:18: maketh, make
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