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When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle on you.
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Trials Are a "When," Not an "If"
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon and John Calvin emphasize that this verse is not a promise to avoid hardship. The text says "When you pass through," not "if," indicating that trials are an expected part of the believer's journey. The promise is not immunity from trouble, but divine preservation and support through the inevitable fires and floods of life.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When you pass through the waters—This is a general promise and means that whenever and wherever they pass through water or fire, He…
19th Century
Anglican
When thou passest through the waters ... —The two contrasted forms of elemental perils are used, as elsewhere, proverbial…
Baptist
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the …
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16th Century
Protestant
When thou shalt pass through the waters. This is an anticipation by which he declares that those who rely on God’s immediate assistance ha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When you pass through the waters; I will be with you The Targum and Jarchi apply this to the Israelites' passage thr…
God's favor and goodwill to his people speak abundant comfort to all believers. The new creature, wherever it is, is of God's forming. All who are …
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13th Century
Catholic
And now thus says the LORD. Here he shows them divine love through the remedies he granted them in their difficulties. This is d…
