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Job 5:18

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

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כִּ֤יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…ה֣וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.יַכְאִ֣יבyakhivgrievingכָּאַבverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “grieving”, an unfinished actionH3510properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoilgrieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁveyechbashand saddleחָבַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and saddle”, an unfinished actionH2280to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rulebind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.יִ֝מְחַ֗ץyimchatspierceמָחַץverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “pierce”, an unfinished actionH4272to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroydip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.וידוvydvand handיָדconjunction, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […וְיָדָ֥יוveyadayvand handיָדconjunction, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […תִּרְפֶּֽינָהtirpeynahcureרָפָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “cure”, an unfinished actionH7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to curecure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See H7503 (רָפָה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ, καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν· ἔπαισε, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἰάσαντο.