He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
- BSB He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- NKJV He shall deliver you in six troubles, Yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
- NASB “In six troubles He will save you; Even in seven, evil will not touch you.
- NLT From six disasters he will rescue you; even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
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Quick answer
God will deliver in six troubles, and in seven no evil will touch you. It promises repeated, complete rescue from every kind of calamity.
Overview
Using a numerical pattern that means in trouble after trouble, Eliphaz assures total deliverance to the one God favors. The promise of God's protective care is true for his people. Yet it must be read with the whole of Scripture, which shows the righteous, including Christ, passing through real suffering, so that ultimate deliverance is often through, not merely from, affliction.
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Cross-references · 6
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
- 1 Cor 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
- Ps 91:3–10Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- Prov 24:16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
- 2 Pet 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- 2 Cor 1:8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
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