Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
to hear the sighing of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death,
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Holman Bible
to set free those condemned to die,
International Standard Version
to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death,
American Standard Version
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
Amplified
To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
Darby Translation
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;
Julia Smith Translation
To hear the groaning of the bound; to loose the sons of death.
King James 2000
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Lexham Expanded Bible
to hear [the] groaning of [the] prisoner, to liberate {those destined to die},
Modern King James verseion
to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that he may hear the mournings of such as be in captivity, and deliver the children that are appointed unto death,
NET Bible
in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
New Heart English Bible
to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
The Emphasized Bible
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death.
Webster
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
World English Bible
to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
Youngs Literal Translation
To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
Themes
Prisoners » Of war » Consolations for
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often subjected to extreme suffering
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 102:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Affliction In Light Of Eternity
19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven LORD beheld the earth, 20 to hear the sighing of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death, 21 that men may declare the name of LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
Cross References
Psalm 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,
Psalm 146:7
who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. LORD releases the prisoners.
Exodus 2:23-25
And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exodus 3:7
And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
2 Kings 13:4
And Jehoahaz besought LORD, and LORD hearkened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.
2 Kings 13:22-23
And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Chronicles 33:11-13
Therefore LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Job 24:12
From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.
Isaiah 14:17
who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it, who did not let loose his prisoners to their home?
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, {and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT)}, and
Jeremiah 51:32-35
And the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
Zechariah 9:9-12
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, thy king comes to thee. He is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
Acts 12:6-11
And when Herod was about to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains. And guards in front of the door guarded the prison.
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which ye once walked according to the era of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience.