Jeremiah 39:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ For I will surely save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For I will surely deliver you; and you will not fall by the sword, but your life will be [as your only booty and] as a reward of battle to you, because you have put your trust in Me, says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For I will surely save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ I will defend you; you won’t die in battle. You will escape with your life, because you have trusted in me, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But when delivering, I will free you. And you will not fall by the sword. Instead, your life will be saved for you, because you had faith in me, says the Lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ But delivering, I will deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword: but thy life shall be saved for thee, because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 39:18 Cross References

1 Chronicles 5:20

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

Job 5:20

In famine he shall redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

Psalm 147:11

The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his mercy.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 33:18

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy;

Psalm 34:22

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: And none of them that trust in him shall be condemned.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and follow after faithfulness.

Psalm 84:12

O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalm 91:7

A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.

Isaiah 26:3

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Jeremiah 21:9

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth away to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

Jeremiah 38:2

Thus saith the LORD, He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.

Romans 2:12

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned under law shall be judged by law;

Ephesians 1:12

to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

1 Peter 1:21

who through him are believers in God, which raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.