to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.
Parallel translations
- KJV To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
- BSB to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- NKJV To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
- NASB To rescue their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine.
- NLT He rescues them from death and keeps them alive in times of famine.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 37:19They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Prov 10:3Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
- Job 5:19–22He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
- Matt 6:31–33“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
- John 10:28I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
- Ps 91:10no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
- Ps 37:3Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
- Ps 91:3–7For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
- Acts 12:11When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
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