Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 5:19

"He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee." — Job 5:19 (ASV)

In six troubles. —The special form of speech here used is characteristic mainly of the Proverbs (Job 30:15; Job 30:18; Job 30:21). Since evil was emphatically touching Job, the actual irony of these words must have been bitter indeed.