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Thanksgiving for Deliverance

Psalms 107:10

In 11 translations

BSB
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
KJV
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
WEB
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
ASV
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
LSV
Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, || Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
YLT
Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
DBY
Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
DRC106:10
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.
GNV
They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,
JPS
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron —
LXXE106:10
even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י וּבַרְזֶֽל׃
LXX-Br106:10
Καθημένους ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, πεπεδημένους ἐν πτωχείᾳ καὶ σιδήρῳ·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 1:79to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
  • Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • Romans 6:20–21For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness. What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
  • Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
  • Isaiah 42:7to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
  • Job 36:8–9And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction, then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
  • Psalms 105:18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
  • Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  • Exodus 2:23–24After 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…
  • Lamentations 3:6–7He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
  • Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:11So 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.
  • Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

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