| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To turn; to twist; to pull away by force, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting. 2. (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort. 3. (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key. 4. (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. 5. (n.) Active or moving power. 6. (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music. 7. (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia WREST rest: Found in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) 3 times in the writings of Moses, namely, Exodus 23:2, 6 Deuteronomy 16:19. In all three places it refers to twisting, or turning aside, or perverting judgment or justice. In Deuteronomy 24:17 the Revised Version (British and American) has "wrest" where the King James Version has "pervert."
In Psalm 56:5 ('atsabh); 2 Peter 3:16 (strebloo), it refers to the word or words of God in the Scriptures. In the Psalms the servant of God, who speaks in God's name, complains that the enemies "wrest," misinterpret, misapply and pervert his words. In Peter it is the ignorant and unstedfast who so pervert and misuse some of the difficult words of Paul, and they do it to their own destruction-a most earnest warning against carelessness and conscienceless indifference in interpreting Scripture.
G. H. Gerberding |  | Multi-Version Concordance Wrest (8 Occurrences) John 10:28 I give them the Life of the Ages, and they shall never, never perish, nor shall any one wrest them from my hand. (WEY) John 10:29 What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand. (WEY) 2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT) Exodus 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: (KJV ASV WBS) Exodus 23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. (KJV JPS ASV WBS) Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS) Deuteronomy 24:17 You shall not wrest the justice due to the foreigner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge; (WEB ASV) Psalms 56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT) |
