Job 5:20
In famine He has redeemed you from death, || And in battle from the hands of the sword.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
In Context
19In six distresses He delivers you, || And in seven evil does not strike on you.
21When the tongue scourges you are hid, || And you are not afraid of destruction, || When it comes.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:6and the ravens are bringing bread and flesh to him in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drinks from the brook.
Psalms 33:19To deliver their soul from death, || And to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 49:7A brother ransoms no one at all, || He does not give to God his atonement.
Psalms 144:10Who is giving deliverance to kings, || Who is freeing His servant David from the sword of evil.
Isaiah 33:16He inhabits high places, || Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, || His bread has been given, his waters steadfast.
Hosea 13:14Will I ransom them from the hand of Sheol? Will I redeem them from death? Where [is] your plague, O death? Where your destruction, O Sheol? Comfort is hid from My eyes.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:18-27
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh:… Read the whole commentary →