Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

It cometh on fast, it maketh haste to appear: It shall not perish, that it should not be able to destroy, neither shall it fail for fault of nourishing.

New American Standard Bible

The exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his bread be lacking.

King James Version

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Holman Bible

The prisoner is soon to be set free;
he will not die and go to the Pit,
and his food will not be lacking.

International Standard Version

Distress will quickly be set free. He won't die in the Pit, nor will he lack food."

A Conservative Version

The captive exile shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.

American Standard Version

The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

Amplified

The [captive] exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his food be lacking.

Bible in Basic English

The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.

Darby Translation

He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.

Julia Smith Translation

He being bowed down hastened to be loosed, and he will not die in the pit, and his bread shall not fail.

King James 2000

The captive exile hastens that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] fettered one shall make haste to be freed. And he shall not die in the pit, and he shall not lack his bread.

Modern King James verseion

Bowed he hurries to be freed, and not that he should die in the pit, nor that he lack his bread.

NET Bible

The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

New Heart English Bible

The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

The Emphasized Bible

The captive hath hastened to be loosed, - That be might not die in the pit. Neither should, his bread, be cut off.

Webster

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

World English Bible

The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צעה 
Tsa`ah 
Usage: 5

that he may be loosed
פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

and that he should not die
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

in the pit
שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 23

References

Easton

Fausets

Pit

Context Readings

Yahweh Comforts Zion

13 and forgettest the LORD that made thee, that spread out the heavens and laid the foundation of the earth? But thou art ever afraid for the sight of thine oppressor, which is ready to do harm: Where is the wrath of the oppressor? 14 It cometh on fast, it maketh haste to appear: It shall not perish, that it should not be able to destroy, neither shall it fail for fault of nourishing. 15 I am the LORD thy God, that make the sea to be still, and to rage: whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:20

Ye shall go away from Babylon, and escape the Chaldeans with a merry voice. This shall be spoken of, declared abroad, and go forth unto the end of the world: so that it shall be said, "The LORD hath defended his servant Jacob,

Isaiah 52:2

Shake thee from the dust, arise and stand up, O Jerusalem. Pluck out thy neck from the bond, O thou captive daughter Zion.

Zechariah 9:11

Thou also, through the blood of thy covenant, shalt let thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

Ezra 1:5

Then gat up the principal fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, and all they whose spirit God had raised to go up, and to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem.

Isaiah 49:10

There shall neither hunger nor thirst, heat nor Sun hurt them. For he that favoureth them shall lead them, and give them drink of the spring wells.

Jeremiah 37:16

Thus was Jeremiah put into the dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long time.

Jeremiah 38:6-13

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire.

Lamentations 3:53-54

They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me.

Acts 12:7-8

And behold, the angel of the Lord was there present, and a light shined in the lodge. And he smote Peter on the side, and stirred him up, saying, "Arise up quickly." And his chains fell off from his hands.

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