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Job 5:20

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5:20In time of famine73 he will redeem you from death,

and in time of war from the power of the sword.74

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  1. 73 Job here sees an allusion to the famine of Egypt and the war with Amalek.
  2. 74 Heb “from the hand of the sword.” This is idiomatic for “the power of the sword.” The expression is also metonymical, meaning from the effect of the sword, which is death.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In famine he will redeem you from death,

and in war from the power of the sword.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In famine he will deliver you from death,

and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In famine he will redeem you from death,

and in battle, from the power of the sword.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

He will save you from death in time of famine,

from the power of the sword in time of war.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In famine he will redeem you from death,

and in war from the power of the sword.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

In famine he shall redeem thee from death:

And in war from the power of the sword.

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