Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!This verse in the real world
In what words
- מוֹטmôwṭto waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall
- חָשַׂךְchâsakto restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
- מָוֶתmâvethdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figurative
- נָצַלnâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 82:4, Isa 58:6–7, 1Jn 3:16–17, Job 29:17, 1Sa 26:8–9, Luk 10:31–32, Luk 23:23–25, Act 21:31–32