Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,
New American Standard Bible
And are caught in the cords of
King James Version
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Holman Bible
and trapped by the cords of affliction,
International Standard Version
"If they're bound in chains, caught in ropes of affliction,
A Conservative Version
And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions,
American Standard Version
And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
Amplified
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Darby Translation
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
Julia Smith Translation
And they being bound in fetters shall be taken in the cords of affliction.
King James 2000
And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And if [they] are tied up with fetters, [if] they are caught in [the] cords of misery,
Modern King James verseion
And if they are bound in chains, and are held in cords of affliction,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But if they be laid in prison and chains, or bound with the bonds of poverty:
NET Bible
But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,
New Heart English Bible
If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
The Emphasized Bible
But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
Webster
And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;
World English Bible
If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
Youngs Literal Translation
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » In convincing us of sin
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Token in mourning
Hearing » The lord opening ears
Prosperity » Who shall prosper
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever. 8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble, 9 Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 107:10
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
Proverbs 5:22
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Job 13:27
And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;
Job 19:6
Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.
Job 33:18-19
To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.
Psalm 18:5
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Psalm 116:3
The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
Lamentations 3:9
He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.