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Job 5:20

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In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
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  1. Psalms 33:19Rank 1 from verse 20
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    19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

  2. Hosea 13:14Rank 2 from verse 20
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    14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

  3. Genesis 45:7Rank 3 from verse 20
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    7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

  4. Psalms 37:19Rank 4 from verse 20
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    19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

  5. 1 Kings 17:6Rank 5 from verse 20
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    6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

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Job 5:20

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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redeem

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Sense 1: To buy back, repurchase, recover, or release a person or thing by payment, substitute, or appointed valuation. Sense 2: To rescue, free, or deliver from bondage, captivity, danger, death, enemies, trouble, the curse of the law, or iniquity.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

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

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21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

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