KJV King James Version
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
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Isaiah 49:24
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
WEB World English Bible
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
ASV American Standard Version
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
Surrounding context — Isaiah 49
21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?
22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in [their] arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon [their] shoulders.
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
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Luke 11:21-22When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:Psalm 124:6-7Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth.Matthew 12:29Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.Ezekiel 37:3And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.Isaiah 42:22But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [they are] all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.Ezra 9:9For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.Ezra 9:13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities [deserve], and hast given us [such] deliverance as this;Psalm 126:1-3A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.Nehemiah 9:37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.Ezekiel 37:11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.Nehemiah 9:33Howbeit thou [art] just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:Jeremiah 25:6-9And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.Jeremiah 25:11-14And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
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