Parallel Verses
Amplified
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Holman Bible
prisoners in cruel chains
International Standard Version
Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,
A Conservative Version
[even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
American Standard Version
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Bible in Basic English
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
Darby Translation
Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
Julia Smith Translation
They sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound with affliction and iron.
King James 2000
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons;
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Those who] sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron--
Modern King James verseion
Those who sit in the darkness and in the shadow of death, being chained in affliction and iron;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being fast bound in misery and iron,
NET Bible
They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,
New Heart English Bible
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
The Emphasized Bible
The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;
Webster
Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
World English Bible
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
Youngs Literal Translation
Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
Themes
Darkness » The wicked » Live in
death » Nearness of » Shadow of
Iron » Illustrative » Of severe affliction
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 107:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance
9
For He satisfies the parched throat,
And fills the hungry appetite with what is good.
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
Because they had rebelled against the precepts of God
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.
Cross References
Luke 1:79
To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
Exodus 2:23-24
Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage
2 Chronicles 33:11
So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.
Job 3:5
“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;
Let a cloud settle upon it;
Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).
Job 36:8-9
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Psalm 105:18
His feet they hurt with shackles;
Isaiah 9:2
The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness
Those who live in the dark land,
The Light will shine on them.
Isaiah 42:7
To open the eyes of the blind,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who sit in darkness from the prison.
Lamentations 3:6-7
He has made me live in dark places
Like those who have long been dead.
Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice over me [amid my tragedies], O my enemy!
Though I fall, I will rise;
Though I sit in the darkness [of distress], the Lord is a light for me.
Matthew 4:16
“The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light,
And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death,
Upon them a Light has dawned.”
Matthew 22:13
Romans 6:20-21
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness [you had no desire to conform to God’s will].