Job 5:19

“In six distresses he will deliver you, and in seven no evil will touch you.”

Job 5:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 5:19, word by word

In sixשֵׁשׁshesh

six

Six; also "sixth".

Where else “shesh” appears
distressesצָרוֹתtsarot

distress

A time of hardship or danger.

Where else “tsarot” appears
he will deliver youיַצִּילֶyatsile

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

Where else “yatsile” appears
and in sevenשֶׁבַעsheva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

Where else “sheva” appears
evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
will touchיִגַּעyiga

touch

To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.

Where else “yiga” appears

Translation note

“In six… and in seven”: a Hebrew way of saying “in all of them, however many they may be.”

The context

18For he causes pain and binds up; he shatters, and his hands heal.

19 · This verse (above)

20In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.

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