Parallel Verses
Amplified
“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.
New American Standard Bible
He wounds, and His hands also heal.
King James Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Holman Bible
He strikes, but His hands also heal.
International Standard Version
because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal.
A Conservative Version
For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.
American Standard Version
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Bible in Basic English
For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.
Darby Translation
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Julia Smith Translation
For he will cause pain, and he will bind up: he will smite and his hands will heal.
King James 2000
For he bruises, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for he himself wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.
Modern King James verseion
For He makes sore, and binds up; He wounds, and His hands make whole.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For though he make a wound, he giveth a medicine again: though he smite, his hand maketh whole again.
NET Bible
For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.
New Heart English Bible
For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
The Emphasized Bible
For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.
Webster
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
World English Bible
For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
Youngs Literal Translation
For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
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Context Readings
Blessing Comes When God Corrects You
17
“Behold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise or reject the discipline of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].
“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.
“He will rescue you from six troubles;
Even in seven, evil will not touch you.
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Cross References
Isaiah 30:26
The light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days [concentrated in one], in the day the Lord binds up the fracture of His people and heals the wound He has inflicted [because of their sins].
Deuteronomy 32:39
‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and I who give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
1 Samuel 2:6
“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].
Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].
Hosea 6:1
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.