Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel.

King James Version

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

Holman Bible

For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel, neither bond nor free.

International Standard Version

For the LORD observed Israel's bitter misery, and there was no one left, neither slave nor free, and there was no deliverer for Israel.

A Conservative Version

For LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter, for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

Amplified

For the Lord saw the affliction (suffering) of Israel as very bitter; there was no one left, bond or free, nor any helper for Israel.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord saw how bitter was the trouble of Israel, and that everyone was cut off, he who was shut up and he who went free, and that Israel had no helper.

Darby Translation

For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and that there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel exceedingly bitter, and none shut up, and none left, and no helper to Israel.

King James 2000

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any, bond nor free left, nor any helper for Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For Yahweh saw that the misery of Israel was very bitter, whether bond or free, but there was no helper for Israel.

Modern King James verseion

For Jehovah had seen the affliction of Israel to be very bitter. And one was bound, and none was free, and there was no helper for Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the LORD had seen how that the affliction of Israel was exceeding bitter, in so much that the prisoned and the forsaken were at an end. And there was no helper unto Israel.

NET Bible

The Lord saw Israel's intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

New Heart English Bible

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

For Yahweh saw the humiliation of Israel, that it was bitter, indeed, - and that there was no one shut up, nor any one left at large, no one indeed to help Israel.

Webster

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

World English Bible

For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

Youngs Literal Translation

for Jehovah hath seen the affliction of Israel -- very bitter, and there is none restrained, and there is none left, and there is no helper to Israel;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the Lord

Usage: 0

saw
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

עני 
`oniy 
Usage: 37

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

for there was not
אפס 
'ephec 
ends, no, none, not, nothing, without, else, beside, but, cause, howbeit, .
Usage: 43

any shut up
עצר 
`atsar 
Usage: 46

עזר 
`azar 
Usage: 81

References

Context Readings

Azariah Succeeds Amaziah In Jerusalem; Zechariah Succeeds Jeroboam Ii In Samaria

25 He got back the old limits of Israel from the way into Hamath to the sea of the Arabah. This was what Jehovah said by his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gathhepher. 26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel. 27 Jehovah had not said that the name of Israel was to be taken away from the earth. So he gave them a savior in Jeroboam, the son of Joash.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:36

Jehovah will bring his people justice. He will have compassion on his servants. He sees that their power is gone, and only the imprisoned and abandoned remain.

2 Kings 13:4

Then Jehoahaz prayed to Jehovah. Jehovah listened to him. He saw how cruelly the king of Aram crushed Israel.

Exodus 3:7

Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.

Exodus 3:9

My people have begged for my help. I have seen how cruel the Egyptians are to them.

Judges 10:16

So they removed the foreign gods and worshiped Jehovah. He could bear the distress of Israel no longer.

1 Kings 14:10

I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will kill all your male descendants, young and old alike. I will get rid of your family. They will be swept away like dung.

1 Kings 21:21

Jehovah says to you: I will bring disaster on you. I will do away with you and get rid of every male in your family, young and old alike.

Psalm 106:43-45

He rescued them many times, but they continued to plot rebellion against him and to sink deeper because of their sin.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

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