They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Parallel translations
- WEB They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
- KJV Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
- 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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Quick answer
Joseph suffered real affliction, his feet shackled and his neck in irons. It matters because God's chosen servant endured genuine hardship before exaltation.
Overview
This expands the account of Joseph's imprisonment (Genesis 39-40), emphasizing the severity of his suffering. The path to his later glory ran through chains. His pattern of suffering before exaltation anticipates Christ, who was bound and humiliated before being raised and given all authority.
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- Gen 39:20So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- Acts 16:24On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Gen 40:15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
- Ps 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
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