Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Parallel translations
- WEB Some sat 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
Cross-references · 13
- Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Mic 7:8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
- Rom 6:20–21For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
- Isa 42:7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
- Matt 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
- Exod 2:23–24And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
- Ps 105:18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
- Job 36:8–9And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
- Matt 22:13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Lam 3:6–7He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
- Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- 2 Chr 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- Isa 9:2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
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