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Job 5:20

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In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 5:20 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
  • BSB In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke 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 their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
  • Hos 13:14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
  • Ps 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
  • Gen 45:7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
  • Prov 10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
  • 1 Kgs 17:6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
  • Hab 3:17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
  • Ps 27:3Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
  • Matt 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
  • Ps 144:10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
  • Isa 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
  • Ps 49:7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (5)
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Christ at the center

Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.

How Job 5:20 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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In famineרָעָבhe shall redeemפָּדָהthee from deathמָוֶתand in warמִלְחָמָהfrom the powerיָדof the swordחֶרֶב
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