Job 5:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 33:19 : 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Ps 49:7 : 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
Ps 144:10 : 10 Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Prov 10:3 : 3 Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.
Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Hab 3:17 : 17 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Matt 24:6 : 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these] [things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
Gen 45:7 : 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
1 Kgs 17:6 : 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Ps 27:3 : 3 Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 5:19
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19He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job 5:21-22
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21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:15
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15But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Ps 33:19
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19To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Job 33:18
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18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
Ezek 7:15
73%
15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
Jer 15:20-21
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73%
20And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Jer 39:17-18
2 verses
73%
17But I will deliver thee in that day, saith Jehovah; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
18For I will surely save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith Jehovah.
Job 20:24
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24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Ps 22:20
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20Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.
Ps 144:10
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10Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Mic 6:14
71%
14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.
Lam 5:9
71%
9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
Lam 4:9
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9They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
Ps 17:13
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13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Isa 51:14
70%
14The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
Isa 21:15
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15For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Ps 34:19
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19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
Lev 26:7
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7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Jer 15:11
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11Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Job 18:12
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12His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
Jer 42:16
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16then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Ps 37:19
70%
19They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Ezek 5:17
70%
17and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Ps 41:2
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2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
Ps 49:15
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15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542}
Job 6:23
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23Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
Ps 55:18
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18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.
Jer 6:25
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25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.
Ps 91:3
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3For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
Jer 20:13
69%
13Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.
Job 36:18
69%
18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
Ps 106:10
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10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Job 19:29
69%
29Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 20:22
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22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
Jer 18:21
69%
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
Deut 28:25
69%
25Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deut 32:25
69%
25[Without] [shall the sword] [bereave, And in the chambers] [terror;] [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
Ps 138:7
69%
7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.
Hos 13:14
69%
14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Ps 37:39
69%
39But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Prov 24:11
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11Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
Job 36:15
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15He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
Isa 1:20
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20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
Jer 5:17
68%
17And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.
Ps 91:7
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7A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; [But] it shall not come nigh thee.
Deut 28:55
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55so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates.