Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And if [they] are tied up with fetters, [if] they are caught in [the] cords of misery,
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,
Bible in Basic English
And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,
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;
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 He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted. 8 "And if [they] are tied up with fetters, [if] they are caught in [the] cords of misery, 9 then he declares their work to them, and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 107:10
[Those who] sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron--
Proverbs 5:22
His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.
Job 13:27
And you put my feet in the block, and you watch all my paths; you carve [a mark] on the soles of my feet.
Job 19:6
know then that God has wronged me and has surrounded me [with] his net.
Job 33:18-19
He spares his life from [the] pit and his life from passing over the river [of death].
Psalm 18:5
The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; [the] snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 116:3
[The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.
Lamentations 3:9
He has blocked my ways with dressed stones; he has made my paths crooked.