Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Parallel translations
- WEB Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
- KJV If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
- NKJV Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
- NASB ¶Rescue those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!
- NLT Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death.
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Quick answer
Act to rescue those being unjustly led toward death; do not stand idle.
Overview
Wisdom commands active intervention on behalf of those facing wrongful death or destruction. To know of such peril and do nothing is a culpable failure. This love that acts to save reflects the heart of God and finds its supreme expression in Christ, who came to rescue those staggering toward death (Luke 19:10).
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- Ps 82:4Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
- Isa 58:6–7Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
- 1 Jn 3:16–17By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
- 1 Sam 26:8–9Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
- Luke 10:31–32Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- Luke 23:23–25But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
- Acts 21:31–32While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
- Acts 23:23–35Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
- Acts 18:17At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.
- Acts 23:10The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
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