In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
Parallel translations
- WEB In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
- KJV In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
- NKJV In famine He shall redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
- NASB “In famine He will redeem you from death, And in war, from the power of the sword.
- NLT He will save you from death in time of famine, from the power of the sword in time of war.
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Quick answer
In famine God will redeem from death and in war from the sword. It pledges protection through the deadliest dangers.
Overview
Eliphaz lists famine and war, the great killers, promising God's redeeming rescue from both. The language of redemption points to God as the one who buys back his own from death's grip. While such providential deliverances do occur, the fullest redemption from death comes through Christ, who conquered the grave so that even those who die in him are finally rescued from death's power.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- Hos 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
- Ps 37:19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
- Gen 45:7God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- Prov 10:3The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
- 1 Kgs 17:6The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
- Hab 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
- Ps 27:3Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
- Matt 24:6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- Ps 144:10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- Ps 49:7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
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