Psalms 107:10
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
11 because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
12 He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- KJV
- Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
- WEB
- Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
- ASV
- Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
- DARBY
- Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
- BLB
- They are sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and irons,
- ÅB
- De satt i mørke og i dødsskygge, bundet i elendighet og jern,
- OTB
- Det var de som bodde i mørke og i dødens skygge,
Fanger i lidelse og lenker, - B1930
- De satt i mørke og i dødsskygge, bundet i elendighet og jern,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 1:79
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Read in contextMicah 7:8
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Read in contextMatthew 4:16
the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
Read in contextIsaiah 42:7
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Read in contextRomans 6:20–21
For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
Read in contextMatthew 22:13
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Read in contextPsalms 105:18
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Read in contextJob 36:8–9
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
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