Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

King James Version

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Holman Bible

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut the ropes of the wicked.

International Standard Version

The LORD is righteous he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.

A Conservative Version

LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Amplified


The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

Darby Translation

Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah the just cut the entanglings of the unjust

King James 2000

The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh [is] righteous. He has cut [the] ropes of [the] wicked.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is righteous; He cuts off the cords of the wicked.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the righteous LORD hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

NET Bible

The Lord is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked."

New Heart English Bible

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

Webster

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

World English Bible

Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

References

Easton

Context Readings

Protection Of The Oppressed

3 The plowers plowed upon my back. They lengthened their furrows. 4 The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward.

Cross References

Ezra 9:15

O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteousness is yours. We are only a small band that has been kept from death this day. See, we are before you in our sin. For no one may keep his place before you because of this.

Nehemiah 9:33

You have been in the right in everything that happened to us. You have been true to us, but we have done evil!

Psalm 119:137

You are righteous, O Jehovah. Your judgments are upright.

Psalm 124:6-7

Blessed is Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Psalm 140:5-11

Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road.

Lamentations 1:18

Jehovah is upright. I have rebelled against him. Listen all you people and see my pain. My virgins and my young men are taken away as prisoners.

Lamentations 3:22

We have not come to destruction because of Jehovah's loving kindness. His mercies are without end.

Daniel 9:7

O Jehovah, righteousness belongs to you! Shame belongs to us this day! To the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

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