Job 5:20
In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
BSB
ASV
In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
KJV
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine He shall redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword. As the 'famine' of the flesh is the withdrawal of the support of the body, so the hunger of the soul is the silence of divine revelation. Hence it is rightly delivered by the Prophet, I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.
In famine he shall redeem thee - The Chaldee, which understands this chapter as speaking of the troubles and deliverances of the Israelites in Egypt and the wilderness, renders this verse as follows: “In the famine of Egypt he redeemed thee from death; and in the war of Amalek, from the slaying of the sword.”
Hebrew, "hands." of the sword-- (Eze 35:5, Margin). Hands are given to the sword personified as a living agent.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 37:19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
leads to
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
Through
Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
leads to
In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 10:3The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
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Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Through
Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
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He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.