Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned 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,
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,
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, the LORD looked at the earth; 20 to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death; 21 that men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Cross References
Psalm 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
Psalm 146:7
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
Exodus 2:23-25
It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exodus 3:7
The 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
Jehoahaz begged the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.
2 Kings 13:22-23
Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Chronicles 33:11-13
Therefore the LORD brought on 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. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.
Isaiah 14:17
who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who did not release his prisoners to their home?"
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the LORD is on me; because he has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and an opening of the eyes to those who are bound;
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, daughter of Zion. Shout, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king comes to you. He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Acts 12:6-11
The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;