He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
- BSB He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
- NKJV He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; And precious shall be their blood in His sight.
- NASB He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight;
- NLT He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious to him.
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Quick answer
He redeems the oppressed from violence, and their blood is precious in his sight.
Overview
The king values the lives of the vulnerable so highly that he redeems them from oppression. Their very blood is treasured by him. This redeeming care points to Christ, who poured out his own precious blood to redeem his people from every form of bondage (1 Peter 1:18-19).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
- 1 Th 2:15–16Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
- Rev 19:2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
- Luke 1:68–75Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
- 2 Sam 4:9And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
- Ps 69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
- Rev 17:6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
- Ps 130:8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
- Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- Rev 6:9–11And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
- 1 Sam 26:21Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- Ps 25:22Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
- Gen 48:16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- Rev 18:20–24Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
- Matt 23:30–36And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
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