No lion will be there, Nor will any vicious animal go up on it; They will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there,
Parallel translations
- WEB No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
- KJV No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
- BSB No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
- NKJV No lion shall be there, Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; It shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there,
- NLT Lions will not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts. There will be no other dangers. Only the redeemed will walk on it.
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Quick answer
No predator or danger threatens this road; only the redeemed will walk it safely.
Overview
The Holy Way is free of lions and ravenous beasts, guaranteeing the safety of those God has ransomed. The absence of danger emphasizes the security of God's saving path. It assures believers that the way of salvation is kept safe by God himself, leading his redeemed people securely home.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ezek 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Isa 62:12They will call them The holy people, Yahweh’s redeemed. You will be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
- Isa 30:6The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
- Isa 11:6–9The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
- Exod 15:13“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
- Isa 63:4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
- Hos 2:18In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.
- Lev 26:6“‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
- Ps 107:2Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
- Isa 65:25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
- 1 Pet 1:18knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
- Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- Rev 20:1–3I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
- Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
- Rev 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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