Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
Parallel translations
- KJV Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
- BSB Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- NKJV Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and irons—
- NASB ¶There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
- NLT Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
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Some sat in deep darkness, prisoners bound in affliction and iron chains.
Overview
The second picture portrays captives confined in gloom and chains, the shadow of death pressing upon them. It depicts the misery of imprisonment as a consequence of judgment. This bondage in darkness vividly portrays the human condition under sin, from which Christ came to set captives free and bring light to those in darkness.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 1:79to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
- Mic 7:8Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
- Rom 6:20–21For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
- Isa 42:7to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
- Matt 4:16the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”
- Exod 2:23–24In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
- Ps 105:18They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
- Job 36:8–9If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
- Matt 22:13Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
- Lam 3:6–7He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
- Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
- 2 Chr 33:11Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- Isa 9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
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