Jeremiah 31:11 “For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that ha…”

Jeremiah 31:11

For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

World English Bible

For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lord hath redeemed Iaakob, and ransomed him from the hande of him, that was stronger then he.

Darby Translation

For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.

Young's Literal Translation

For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

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Cross references

“redeemed”

Isaiah 44:23 Isaiah 48:20 Titus 2:14 Jeremiah 15:21 Isaiah 49:24 Matthew 20:28

Isaiah 44:23 · BSB

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel…

Isaiah 48:20 · BSB

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Jeremiah 15:21 · BSB

I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

Isaiah 49:24 · BSB

Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

Matthew 20:28 · BSB

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

“stronger”

Psalm 142:6 Matthew 12:29 Matthew 22:29 Luke 11:21 Luke 11:22

Psalm 142:6 · BSB

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Matthew 12:29 · BSB

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Matthew 22:29 · BSB

Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Luke 11:21 · BSB

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

Luke 11:22 · BSB

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

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