Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,

King James Version

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

Holman Bible

to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
to set free those condemned to die,

International Standard Version

to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death,

A Conservative Version

to hear the sighing of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed 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,

Verse Info

Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens the LORD beheld the earth 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
21 that they might declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

Cross References

Psalm 79:11

Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve those that are appointed to die

Psalm 146:7

He who does justice unto the oppressed; who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:

Exodus 2:23-25

And it came to pass in process of time that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God from their bondage.

Exodus 3:7

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

2 Kings 13:4

But Jehoahaz grieved before the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

2 Kings 13:22-23

So Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

2 Chronicles 33:11-13

Therefore, the LORD brought upon them the princes of the host of the king of Assyria who took Manasseh and bound him with fetters of brass and carried him to Babylon.

Job 24:12

Men groan from out of the city, and the souls of the dead cry out; yet God did not hinder them.

Isaiah 14:17

that made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof; that did not open the prison to his prisoners?

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to preach good tidings unto those who are cast down; to bind up the wounds of the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those that are bound;

Jeremiah 51:32-35

And the fords were taken, and they have burned the reeds with fire, and the men of war were astounded.

Zechariah 9:9-12

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout with joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Acts 12:6-11

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door that kept the prison.

Ephesians 2:2-3

in which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the will of the prince of the power of this air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience,

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