Jeremiah 31:11

Revised Standard Version

For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for the Lord has ransomed Jacoband redeemed him from the power of one stronger than he.”

Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD has ransomed Ya`akov, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

King James Version
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

English Standard Version
For the Lord has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.

New American Standard Bible
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

New Century Version
The Lord will pay for the people of Jacob and will buy them back from people stronger than they were.

Amplified Bible
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob And has redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

World English Bible
For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the Lorde hath redeemed Iaakob, and ransomed him from the hande of him, that was stronger then he.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh has ransomed JacobAnd redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

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

Contemporary English Version
I will rescue them from enemies who could overpower them.

Complete Jewish Bible
They will come and sing on the heights of Tziyon, streaming to the goodness of Adonai, to the grain, the wine, the olive oil, and the young of the flock and the herd. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, never to languish again.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord will bring Jacob back. He will save his people from those who are stronger.

George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD has saved his servant Jacob, and delivered him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

Good News Translation
I have set Israel's people free and have saved them from a mighty nation.

Lexham English Bible
For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and he has redeemed him from the hand of the person stronger than he.

Literal Translation
For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of the one stronger than him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the LORDE shall redeme Iacob, and ryd him from the honde of the violent.

American Standard Version
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was 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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of the LORD, to the corn, and to the wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not pine any more at all.

King James Version (1611)
For the Lord hath redeemed Iacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger then hee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lorde hath redeemed Iacob, and ridde hym from the hande of the violent.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out his liquor from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the Lord ayenbouyte Jacob, and delyuerede hym fro the hond of the myytiere.

Update Bible Version
For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he.

New English Translation
For the Lord will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.

New King James Version
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.

New Living Translation
For the Lord has redeemed Israel from those too strong for them.

New Life Bible
For the Lord has paid the price to make Jacob free. He has made him free from the one who was stronger than he.

New Revised Standard
For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For Yahweh hath ransomed Jacob, - And redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he.

Young's Literal Translation
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ "Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off; say, 'He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.' ¹¹ For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him. ¹² They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more. ¹³ Then shall the maidens rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow. ¹⁴ I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD." ¹⁵ Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are not." ¹⁶ Thus says the LORD: "Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. ¹⁷ There is hope for your future, says the LORD, and your children shall come back to their own country.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

redeemed: Jeremiah 15:21, Jeremiah 50:33, Isaiah 44:23, Isaiah 48:20, Isaiah 49:24, Hosea 13:14, Matthew 20:28, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 2:14, Hebrews 2:15

stronger: Psalms 142:6, Matthew 12:29, Matthew 22:29, Luke 11:21, Luke 11:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:16 - which thou 1 Samuel 18:6 - the women 1 Kings 8:42 - thy strong hand Psalms 92:4 - General Psalms 105:43 - with joy Psalms 107:2 - from Psalms 138:5 - they shall Isaiah 21:2 - all the Isaiah 35:10 - and come Isaiah 47:4 - our redeemer Isaiah 51:11 - the redeemed Zechariah 10:8 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:17
The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

Genesis 22:1
After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."

Genesis 31:5
and said to them, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 31:7
yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me.

Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go forth from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"

Genesis 31:15
Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and he has been using up the money given for us.

Genesis 31:16
All the property which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children; now then, whatever God has said to you, do."

Exodus 3:4
When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here am I."

1 Samuel 3:4
Then the LORD called, "Samuel! Samuel!" and he said, "Here I am!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob,.... Not the patriarch Jacob singly and personally, though he no doubt was a redeemed one; nor his carnal posterity, at least not all of them, only a remnant among them, and especially not them only; but the Gentiles also, even all the elect of God, his church and people, of whatsoever nation, which frequently go by this name in the prophetic writings: and this redemption of them by Christ, which, though future, is spoken of as past, because of the certainty of it; and is the ground and foundation of their being gathered in effectual calling, and of their final perseverance; for redemption has its certain effect, and Christ will never lose the purchase of his blood; see Zechariah 10:8;

and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he; meaning Satan, the strong man armed; who is stronger than man, as appears by his possession of the bodies of men, inflicting diseases on them, and death itself, of which he had the power when permitted; and by his influence over the minds of men; by his temptations to sin, in which he so much succeeds; and even by the prevalence of his temptations over the saints themselves; and by the power which he had over our first parents in innocence, whom he prevailed upon to eat the forbidden fruit, which brought ruin on themselves, and on their posterity; by which means he got them into his hands, and God's elect among the rest, whom he leads captive at his will; and being enfeebled by sin, are so weak as not to be able to rescue themselves out of his hands; for he is stronger than they; but Christ is stronger than the strong man armed; he is the Redeemer that is mighty, and has taken the prey out of his hands, and has led captivity captive: and this he has done, not only by power and conquest, spoiling Satan and his principalities and powers; but by paying a "ransom" price for these captives into the hands of God; and which is no other than his precious blood, his life, himself; and so must be a sufficient ransom for them. This redemption was typified by the deliverance of the Jews out of the hands of the Chaldeans, a mighty nation, and stronger than they; and is the ground, reason, and foundation, of the restoration of that people in the latter day.