Proverbs 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
KJV
Erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem, et qui trahuntur ad interitum, liberare ne cesses.
Vulgate
ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους εἰς θάνατον καὶ ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους, μὴ φείσῃ.
LXX
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
ASV
הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַ/מָּ֑וֶת וּ/מָטִ֥ים לַ֝/הֶ֗רֶג אִם תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
הֶ֖רֶג
hrg
noun · 5×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חָשַׂ֣ךְ
chshk
verb · 27×
יִמּֽוֹט
ymvt
verb · 39×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Let us hear the oracles of God with fear, with fear and much trembling. For (it is said) Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling. Psalm 2:11 But if even our joy and our exultation ought to be with trembling, of what punishment are we not worthy, if we listen not with terror to what is said, when the things spoken, as now, are themselves fearful? For hav…
Cross-references
- 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- 1Sam 26:8 — Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the
- Acts 28:2 — And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
- Deut 22:1 — Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
- Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
- Gen 14:14 — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
- Isa 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
- Jer 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
- Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- Job 29:17 — And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
- Josh 10:9 — Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
- Luke 10:31 — And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
- Prov 31:8 — Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
- Ps 82:4 — Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Ps 82:4 — Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.