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Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Proverbs 24:11

Rescue those who are being taken away to death, And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Judgment;   Selfishness;   Unfaithfulness;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Selfishness;   Selfishness-Unselfishness;   Social Selfishness;   The Topic Concordance - Heart;   Knowledge;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forbear;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Didascalia;   Ransom;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death.
Update Bible Version
Deliver those that are carried away to death, And see that you hold back those that are ready to be slain.
New Century Version
Save those who are being led to their death; rescue those who are about to be killed.
New English Translation
Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
Webster's Bible Translation
If thou forbearest to deliver [them that are] drawn to death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
World English Bible
Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
English Standard Version
Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Delyuere thou hem, that ben led to deth; and ceesse thou not to delyuere hem, that ben drawun to deth.
English Revised Version
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, and those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
Berean Standard Bible
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Contemporary English Version

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Don't fail to rescue those who are doomed to die.
American Standard Version
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
Bible in Basic English
Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, rescue those being dragged off to death — won't you save those about to be killed?
Darby Translation
Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you see someone on their way to death or in danger of being killed, you must do something to save them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?
King James Version (1611)
If thou forbeare to deliuer them that are drawen vnto death, and those that are ready to be slaine:
New Life Bible
Save those who are being taken away to death. Keep them from being killed.
New Revised Standard
if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, those who go staggering to the slaughter;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them yt are led to be slaine?
George Lamsa Translation
Deliver those who are led away to death, and spare not to redeem those who are held to be slain.
Good News Translation

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Don't hesitate to rescue someone who is about to be executed unjustly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver.
Revised Standard Version
Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Deliuer them that are drawen vnto death, and ceasse not to preserue them that are led to be slayne:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not thy help.
Christian Standard Bible®
Rescue those being taken off to death,and save those stumbling toward slaughter.
Hebrew Names Version
Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
King James Version
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Lexham English Bible
Rescue those who are led away to the death and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,
Literal Translation
if you hold back to deliver those being taken to death, and those stumbling for killing.
Young's Literal Translation
If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Delyuer the yt go vnto death, & are led awaie to be slaine, & be not necliget therin.
THE MESSAGE
25 Rescue the perishing; don't hesitate to step in and help. If you say, "Hey, that's none of my business," will that get you off the hook? Someone is watching you closely, you know— Someone not impressed with weak excuses.
New American Standard Bible
Rescue those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!
New King James Version
Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.
Legacy Standard Bible
Deliver those who are being taken away to death,And those who are stumbling to the slaughter, Oh hold them back.

Contextual Overview

11Rescue those who are being taken away to death, And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!12If you [claim ignorance and] say, "See, we did not know this," Does He not consider it who weighs and examines the hearts and their motives? And does He not know it who guards your life and keeps your soul? And will He not repay [you and] every man according to his works?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Samuel 26:9, Job 29:17, Psalms 82:4, Isaiah 58:6, Isaiah 58:7, Luke 10:31, Luke 10:32, Luke 23:23-25, Acts 18:17, Acts 21:31, Acts 21:32, Acts 23:10, Acts 23:23-35, 1 John 3:16, 1 John 3:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - his brother Genesis 42:21 - we saw Exodus 1:17 - feared God Deuteronomy 22:1 - hide thyself Joshua 10:9 - all night 1 Samuel 19:4 - spake good 1 Samuel 20:32 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 22:14 - And who 2 Samuel 13:32 - determined Job 29:12 - I delivered Job 31:34 - that I Proverbs 31:8 - Open Ecclesiastes 3:7 - and a time to speak Jeremiah 21:12 - deliver Jeremiah 22:16 - judged Jeremiah 38:9 - these Ezekiel 32:20 - draw Daniel 2:25 - brought Acts 16:28 - cried Acts 28:2 - showed

Cross-References

Genesis 24:13
"Behold, I stand here at the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;
Genesis 24:14
now let it be that the girl to whom I say, 'Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,' and she replies, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink'—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master."
Genesis 24:20
So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran again to the well and drew water for all his camels.
Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water [from the well where Moses was resting] and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
1 Samuel 9:11
As they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer (prophet) here?"
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man has kind regard for the life of his animal, But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
John 4:7
Then a woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink"—

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death,.... Or "taken for or unto death" h, in a violent way; who are taken by thieves and robbers, and used in a barbarous manner, as the man in the parable, whom the priest and Levite took no notice of, and was helped by the good Samaritan; or who are unjustly sentenced and appointed to death by the civil magistrate; if any know their innocency, it becomes them to do all they can to save their lives, by bearing a testimony for them; for "a true witness delivereth souls",

Proverbs 14:25; or by interceding for them, and giving counsel and advice concerning them, or by any lawful way they can; as Reuben delivered Joseph, Jonathan interceded for David, and Ahikam and Ebedmelech for Jeremiah. Life is valuable, and all means should be taken to save it, and to prevent the shedding of innocent blood; and a man should not forbear or spare any cost, or pains, or time, to such service: likewise such as are drawn into snares and temptations, into immorality or heresy, which tend to the ruin of the souls of men, and bring them to eternal death; all proper, methods should be taken to restore such persons, to recover them out of the snare of the devil, which is saving souls from death, and covering a multitude of sins; see 2 Timothy 2:25 James 5:19;

and [those that are] ready to be slain; or i "bending to slaughter"; are within a little of being executed, or put to death, upon a false accusation; for about others that suffer righteously there need not be that concern here pressed, or whose works and ways incline to destruction and lead to it, of which they seem not very far off.

h לקחים למות "captos ad mortem", Montanus. Piscator, Schultens. i מטימ להרג "inclinantes ad necem", Mercerus; "nutantes ad occasionem", Montanus, Coeccius; "nutantes ad lanienam", Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Literally:

“Deliver those that are drawn unto death,

And those who totter to the slaughter - if

Thou withdraw ...”

i. e., “O withdraw them,” save them from their doom; in contrast to Proverbs 24:10. The structure and meaning are both somewhat obscure; but the sentence is complete in itself, and is not a mere hypothesis concluded in the following verses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 24:11. If thou forbear to deliver — If thou seest the innocent taken by the hand of lawless power or superstitious zeal, and they are about to be put to death, thou shouldst rise up in their behalf, boldly plead for them, testify to their innocence when thou knowest it; and thus thou wilt not be guilty of blood; which thou wouldst be, if, through any pretense, thou shouldst neglect to save the life of a man unjustly condemned.


 
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