You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
- BSB You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
- NKJV You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs.
- NASB You brought us into the net; You laid an oppressive burden upon us.
- NLT You captured us in your net and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.
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- Lam 1:13“From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and faint all day long.
- Ezek 12:13I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
- Job 19:6know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
- Hos 7:12When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
- Lam 3:2–66He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
- Deut 33:11Yahweh, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
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