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Mourning Turned to Joy

Jeremiah 31:11

In 10 translations

BSB
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
KJV
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
WEB
For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
ASV
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
LSV
For YHWH has ransomed Jacob, || And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.
YLT
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.
DBY
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
DRC
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he.
GNV
For the Lord hath redeemed Iaakob, and ransomed him from the hande of him, that was stronger then he.
JPS
For the LORD hath ransomed Jacob, and He redeemeth him from the hand of him that is stronger than he.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־פָדָ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּגְאָל֕וֹ מִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

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👤 God👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Titus 2:14He 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.
  • Isaiah 49:24Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
  • Isaiah 48:20Leave 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!”
  • Isaiah 44:23Sing 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…
  • Jeremiah 15:21I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
  • Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
  • Luke 11:21–22When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure. 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.
  • Matthew 12:29Or 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 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
  • Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
  • Jeremiah 50:33This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
  • Hebrews 2:14–15Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in…
  • Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

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  • 38:11 in some Bibles

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