Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,

King James Version

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Holman Bible

Others sat in darkness and gloom
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,

Amplified


Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Such as sit
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

and in the shadow of death
צלמות 
Tsalmaveth 
Usage: 18

אסיר 
'aciyr 
Usage: 14

עני 
`oniy 
Usage: 37

References

American

Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

9 For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person. 10 There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,
11 They had rebelled against God's words and had despised the advice given by the Most High.


Cross References

Luke 1:79

The light will shine on them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet into the way of peace.

Exodus 2:23-24

Time went by and the king of Egypt died. The Israelites still groaned because they were slaves. So they cried out, and their cries for help went up to God.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So Jehovah made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it once more. May a cloud settle over it and may blackness overwhelm its light.

Job 36:8-9

But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,

Psalm 105:18

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walk in darkness (ignorance) (lies) have seen a great light (truth). A light has dawned on those who live in the land of the shadow of death (the grave) (calamity).

Isaiah 42:7

You will open the eyes of the blind and set free those who sit in dark prisons.

Lamentations 3:6-7

He kept me in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time.

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.

Matthew 4:16

the people sitting in darkness saw a great light. Light rose upon those sitting in a region of deathly shadow.

Matthew 22:13

The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.

Romans 6:20-21

When you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

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