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They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
Psalms 105:18 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
  • BSB They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
  • NKJV They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons.
  • NASB They forced his feet into shackles, He was put in irons;
  • NLT They bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 4

  • Acts 16:24who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
  • Gen 40:15For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
  • Gen 39:20Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.
  • Ps 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 105:18 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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