Holy Scripture
Job 5:19
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“He shall deliver thee in six troubles, yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. For what is denoted by the number 'six,' which is followed by 'the seventh,' saving the labour and course of the present life? For God, finishing all things on the sixth day, created man, and God rested on the seventh day; and this sa…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: And in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.
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17But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; And reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: He smites, and his hands heal.
— Job 5:19 —
20In famine he shall deliver thee from death: And in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.
21He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: And thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.