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Bible in Basic English

Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

New American Standard Bible

There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,

King James Version

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Holman Bible

Others sat in darkness and gloom
prisoners in cruel chains

International Standard Version

Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,

A Conservative Version

[even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

American Standard Version

Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

Amplified


Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,

Darby Translation

Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,

Julia Smith Translation

They sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound with affliction and iron.

King James 2000

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons;

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Those who] sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron--

Modern King James verseion

Those who sit in the darkness and in the shadow of death, being chained in affliction and iron;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being fast bound in misery and iron,

NET Bible

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

New Heart English Bible

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

The Emphasized Bible

The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;

Webster

Such as sit in darkness and in the shades of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

World English Bible

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

Youngs Literal Translation

Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Such as sit
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

and in the shadow of death
צלמות 
Tsalmaveth 
Usage: 18

אסיר 
'aciyr 
Usage: 14

עני 
`oniy 
Usage: 37

References

American

Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

9 He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things. 10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron; 11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:


Cross References

Luke 1:79

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

Exodus 2:23-24

Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

Job 3:5

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

Job 36:8-9

And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

Psalm 105:18

His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands;

Isaiah 9:2

The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

Isaiah 42:7

To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

Lamentations 3:6-7

He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

Micah 7:8

Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.

Matthew 4:16

The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Romans 6:20-21

When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

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