Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,

New American Standard Bible

When they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, misery and sorrow,

King James Version

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

International Standard Version

But they became few in number, and humiliated by continued oppression, agony, and sorrow.

A Conservative Version

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

American Standard Version

Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Amplified


When they are diminished and bowed down (humbled)
Through oppression, misery, and sorrow,

Bible in Basic English

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

Darby Translation

And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

Julia Smith Translation

And they will be diminished and brought low from oppression, evil and grief

King James 2000

Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

Lexham Expanded Bible

When they become few and they are bent down from [the] oppression of calamity and grief,

Modern King James verseion

Again, they have become few, and humbled through harshness, affliction, and sorrow.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When they are minished and brought low through oppression, through any plague or trouble,

NET Bible

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

New Heart English Bible

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

The Emphasized Bible

So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;

Webster

Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

World English Bible

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
and brought low
שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

עצר 
`otser 
Usage: 3

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
He does not let their livestock decrease.
39 When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.


Cross References

2 Kings 10:32

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory:

Genesis 45:11

There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.”’

Exodus 1:13-14

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Exodus 2:23-24

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

Judges 6:3-6

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

Ruth 1:20-21

“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

1 Samuel 2:5-7

Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.

2 Kings 4:8

One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.

2 Kings 8:3

When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years, she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.

2 Kings 13:7

Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for 50 horsemen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.

2 Kings 13:22

Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz,

2 Kings 14:26

For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel, neither bond nor free.

2 Chronicles 15:5-6

In those times there was no peace for those who went about their daily activities because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

Job 1:10-17

Haven’t You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Psalm 30:6-7

When I was secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”

Jeremiah 51:33-34

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trampled.
In just a little while her harvest time will come.

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