And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Parallel translations
- WEB David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
- BSB But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- NKJV But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all adversity,
- NASB But David replied to Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- NLT But David said to Recab and Baanah, “The Lord, who saves me from all my enemies, is my witness.
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Quick answer
David answers by invoking the Lord who has redeemed him from every adversity. He grounds his coming judgment in his trust that God, not murder, secures his throne.
Overview
Rather than rewarding the killers, David swears by the living Lord who has delivered him out of all his troubles. He testifies that his rise has been God's work, never dependent on shedding innocent blood. David's confession that God redeems his soul points beyond himself to the Lord who is the true Redeemer of His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 1 Kgs 1:29And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
- Ps 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
- Ps 34:6–7This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Gen 48:16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- Ps 34:17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
- Ps 103:4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Ps 31:5–7Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
- Ps 71:23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
- Ps 34:22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
- Ps 106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- 2 Tim 4:17–18Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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