en_tn/job/05/17.md

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General Information:

The writer continues to use parallelism in verses 18 and 19 to emphasize God's acts of instructing and healing. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

God corrects ... chastening of the Almighty

God is pictured as a parent correcting or instructing a child.

blessed is the man whom God corrects

"God really favors the man whom he corrects"

do not despise

"do not reject" or "do not consider worthless"

chastening

"instruction" or "correction" or "discipline"