“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
- BSB “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
- NKJV “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.”
- NASB “Let’s tear their shackles apart And throw their ropes away from us!”
- NLT “Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
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- Jer 5:5I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’
- 1 Pet 2:7–8For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,”
- Luke 19:27But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”
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