He permitted no man to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
Parallel translations
- WEB He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
- KJV He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
- BSB He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
- NASB He allowed no one to oppress them, And He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
- NLT Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:
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Quick answer
God allowed no one to oppress them and rebuked kings for their sake. He sovereignly protected His chosen people.
Overview
Despite their vulnerability, the patriarchs were shielded by God, who even reproved powerful kings on their behalf. The verse displays God's faithful guardianship of His covenant people against all threats. This protecting hand of God assures believers that nothing can finally harm those whom He has claimed in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Gen 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man’s wife.”
- Gen 12:17Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- Gen 31:29It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’
- Exod 7:15–18Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
- Exod 9:13–18Yahweh said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Gen 31:42Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
- Gen 31:24God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”
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