Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
- BSB the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
- NKJV The Lord will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
- NASB The Lord will not leave him in his hand Or let him be condemned when he is judged.
- NLT But the Lord will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 109:31For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
- Rom 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- 2 Pet 2:9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
- Rom 8:33–34Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
- Ps 31:7–8I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
- 2 Tim 4:17But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Ps 124:6–7Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- 1 Sam 23:26–28Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
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