Hebrews 13:6
So we can say confidently as the Psalmist said, Since the Lord is the one who helps me, I will not be afraid! People can do nothing to me that will deprive me of God’s blessings [RHQ].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 18:4Her other son was named Eliezer, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘God helps me’, because he/I had said “God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me and saved me from being killed [MTY] by the king of Egypt.”
Deuteronomy 33:29You people of Israel, Yahweh ◄has blessed/is pleased with► you. There is certainly [RHQ] no nation like your nation, whom Yahweh has rescued from being slaves in Egypt. He will be like [MET] a shield to protect you and like [MET] a sword to enable you to defeat your enemies. Your enemies will come to you begging for you to act mercifully toward them, but you will trample on their backs/necks.”
Psalms 18:1Yahweh, I love you, the one who enables me to be strong.
Psalms 27:9I am your servant; Do not be angry with me and turn away from me. You have always helped me. You are the one who has saved me, so do not abandon me now.
Psalms 40:17As for me, I am poor and needy [DOU]; but I know that Yahweh has not forgotten me. O my God, you are the one who saves and helps me, so please come quickly and help me!
Psalms 56:4God, I praise/thank you because you do what you have promised; I trust in you, and then I am not afraid. Ordinary humans certainly cannot [RHQ] harm me!
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18
Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,… Read the whole commentary →