Job 5:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.”
Job 5:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 5:206 words
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Church Fathers on Job 5:20
In famine He shall redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword. As the ‘famine’ of the flesh is the withdrawal of the support of the body, so the hunger of the soul is the silence of divine revelation. Hence it is rightly delivered by the Prophet, I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. And forasmuch as when the divine communication leaves the human soul, the temptation…
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