Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Can the prey be taken from the mighty man,
Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?”

King James Version

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

Holman Bible

Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of the righteous be delivered?

International Standard Version

"Can they seize plunder from warriors, or can the captives of tyrants be rescued?

A Conservative Version

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

American Standard Version

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

Amplified


“Can the spoils of war be taken from the mighty man,
Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?”

Bible in Basic English

Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?

Darby Translation

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?

Julia Smith Translation

Shall the prey be taken from the strong? and if the captivity of the just shalt be delivered?

King James 2000

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Can war-booty be taken from [the] mighty? or can a captive of a righteous [person] be rescued?

Modern King James verseion

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Who spoileth the giant of his prey? Or, who taketh the prisoners from the mighty?

NET Bible

Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

New Heart English Bible

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

The Emphasized Bible

Shall prey, be taken from a mighty one? Or the captive of one in the right, be delivered?

Webster

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

World English Bible

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

Youngs Literal Translation

Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Shall the prey
מלקוח 
Malqowach 
Usage: 8

be taken
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

from the mighty
גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

or the lawful
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׁבי 
Sh@biy 
Usage: 50

References

Context Readings

Yahweh Remembers Zion

23 Kings will be your guardians. Their princesses will be your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth. They will lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Jehovah. Those who hopefully wait for me will not be put to shame. 24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty man,
Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?”
25 Certainly Jehovah says: The captives of the strong man will be taken away. The prey of the tyrant will be rescued. I will contend with the one who grapples with you and I will save your sons.


Cross References

Matthew 12:29

How can one enter into the house of a strong man and steal his things, except he first tie up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

Ezra 9:9

We are servants. Our God has not been turned away from us in our prison. He had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength, to put up again the house of our God and to restore its desolate places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:13

After all this and because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment that you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

Nehemiah 9:33

You have been in the right in everything that happened to us. You have been true to us, but we have done evil!

Nehemiah 9:37

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins. They have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

Psalm 124:6-7

Blessed is Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Psalm 126:1-3

When Jehovah brought back the captive ones of Zion, it was like a dream.

Isaiah 42:22

Now his people have been plundered. They are locked up in dungeons and hidden away in prisons. They were robbed and plundered, with no one to come to their rescue.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great. He will divide the spoils with the strong. This is because he poured out his life unto death. He was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Jeremiah 25:6-9

Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them. Do not make me furious about the idols your hands have shaped. Then I will not harm you.

Jeremiah 25:11-14

This whole land will be ruined and become a wasteland. These nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.'

Ezekiel 37:3

He said to me: Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, O Lord Jehovah, you know.

Ezekiel 37:11

Jehovah also said: Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say: Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.

Luke 11:21-22

When the fully armed strong man guards his own palace, his goods are safe.

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