Job 5:20
In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
Young's Literal Translation
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 delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
21When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:6and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.
Psalms 33:19To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 49:7A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
Psalms 144:10Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.
Isaiah 33:16He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
Hosea 13:14From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where [is] thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine 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 →