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Job 5:20

Job 5:20
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

In famine he shall redeem thee from death,.... In a time of extreme want of provisions, God so cares for his own dear people, that they shall not be starved to death by the famine; so in the famine in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In famine he shall redeem thee - That is, will deliver thee from death. On the meaning of the word “redeem,” see the notes at Isa 43:1, Isa 43:3. From the power of the sword - Margin, as in Hebrew…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 5:17-27

Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 5:17-27

The imagination of Eliphaz himself kindles as he contemplates the universal goodness of God. And Job seems to him happy in being made the object even of God's afflictions, for He afflicts only with…