Ulangan 32:39

The Vindication of the Lord

32:39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, ¹ 

“and there is no other god besides me.

I kill and give life,

I smash and I heal,

and none can resist ²  my power.

Mazmur 103:3

103:3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,

who heals all your diseases, ³ 

Yesaya 53:5

53:5 He was wounded because of ⁴  our rebellious deeds,

crushed because of our sins;

he endured punishment that made us well; ⁵ 

because of his wounds we have been healed. ⁶ 

Ibrani 12:13

12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, ⁷  so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

Yakobus 5:16

5:16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ⁸ 

[32:39]  ¹ tn Verses 39-42 appear to be a quotation of the Lord and so the introductory phrase “says the Lord” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[32:39]  ² tn Heb “deliver from” (so NRSV, NLT).

[103:3]  ³ tn This relatively rare noun refers to deadly diseases (see Deut 29:22; Jer 14:18; 16:4; 2 Chr 21:19).

[53:5]  ⁴ tn The preposition מִן (min) has a causal sense (translated “because of”) here and in the following clause.

[53:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the punishment of our peace [was] on him.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is here a genitive of result, i.e., “punishment that resulted in our peace.”

[53:5]  ⁶ sn Continuing to utilize the imagery of physical illness, the group acknowledges that the servant’s willingness to carry their illnesses (v. 4) resulted in their being healed. Healing is a metaphor for forgiveness here.

[12:13]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Prov 4:26. The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”

[5:16]  ⁸ tn Or “the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful”; Grk “is very powerful in its working.”