Psalms 102:20

In 11 translations

BSB

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

KJV

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;those…: Heb. the children of death

WEB

to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to death,

ASV

To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

LSV

To hear the groan of the prisoner, || To loose sons of death,

YLT

To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

DBY

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;

DRC101:21

That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

GNV

That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:

JPS102:21

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

LXXE101:21

to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;

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Original-language editions

WLC102:21

לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃KJV:Ps.102.20

LXX-Br101:21

τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ στεναγμοῦ τῶν πεπεδημένων, τοῦ λῦσαι τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν τεθανατωμένων,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 79:11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
• Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
• Isaiah 61:1–3The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, to…
• Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
• Ephesians 2:2–3in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. All of us also lived among them at one time,…
• Zechariah 9:9–12Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. And I will cut off…
• Isaiah 14:17who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
• 2 Chronicles 33:11–13So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. And in his distress, Manasseh…
• 2 Kings 13:22–23And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and…
• Acts 12:6–11On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared…
• Exodus 2:23–25After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. So God heard their groaning, and He remembered…
• 2 Kings 13:4Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
• Jeremiah 51:32–35The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.” For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is…
• Job 24:12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

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