Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Parallel translations
- WEB You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
- BSB You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
- NKJV You have caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.
- NASB You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water. Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.
- NLT Then you put a leader over us. We went through fire and flood, but you brought us to a place of great abundance.
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Quick answer
They passed through fire and water under oppression, yet God brought them to abundance. It celebrates God's faithfulness to bring His people through trials to blessing.
Overview
After enduring oppression and the dangers of fire and water, the people testify that God brought them out to a place of abundance. The trials had a destination of blessing in God's hands. This echoes God's promise to be with His people through deep waters and fire, fulfilled in Christ who leads us to eternal rest.
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- Isa 43:1–2But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
- Isa 51:23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
- Jas 5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- Ps 40:2–3He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Rev 7:14–17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
- 1 Th 3:3–4That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
- Ps 107:35–37He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
- Job 36:16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
- Ps 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
- Isa 35:6–7Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
- Ps 129:1–3Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
- Luke 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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