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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 5:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 5:206 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ֭/רָעָבbərāʿāb
in faminepronH7458
famine · famished · hunger
פָּֽדְ/ךָ֣pādəkā
he will ransom youverbH6299
at all · by any means · ransom · (that are to be ···
מִ/מָּ֑וֶתmimāwet
from deathpronH4194
death · die
וּ֝/בְ/מִלְחָמָ֗הwbəmiləḥāmāh
and in battleconjH4421
fight · war
מִ֣/ידֵיmiydēy
from the hands ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
חָֽרֶבḥāreb
the swordnounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 6 §43
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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