Lamentations 3:34
32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
35 to deny a man justice before the Most High,
36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
- KJV
- To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
- WEB
- To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
- ASV
- To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
- DARBY
- To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
- BLB
- To crush under one’s feet all the prisoners of the earth,
- ÅB
- Når noen knuser alle jordens fanger under sine føtter,
- OTB
- Å knuse alle landets fanger under fot,
- B1930
- Når nogen knuser alle jordens fanger under sine føtter,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 9:11–12
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:22–23
Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
Read in contextPsalms 102:20
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
Read in contextJeremiah 51:33–36
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
Read in contextPsalms 69:33
For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:9
to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:17
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
Read in contextPsalms 79:11
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
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