Parallel Verses
Amplified
To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
New American Standard Bible
To
King James Version
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Holman Bible
to set free those condemned to die,
International Standard Version
to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death,
A Conservative Version
to hear the sighing of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death,
American Standard Version
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
Darby Translation
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;
Julia Smith Translation
To hear the groaning of the bound; to loose the sons of death.
King James 2000
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Lexham Expanded Bible
to hear [the] groaning of [the] prisoner, to liberate {those destined to die},
Modern King James verseion
to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that he may hear the mournings of such as be in captivity, and deliver the children that are appointed unto death,
NET Bible
in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
New Heart English Bible
to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
The Emphasized Bible
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death.
Webster
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
World English Bible
to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
Youngs Literal Translation
To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
Themes
Prisoners » Of war » Consolations for
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often subjected to extreme suffering
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 102:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Affliction In Light Of Eternity
19
For He looked down from His holy height [of His sanctuary],
From heaven the Lord gazed on the earth,
To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
So that people may declare the name of the Lord in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,
Cross References
Psalm 79:11
Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
Psalm 146:7
Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets free the prisoners.
Exodus 2:23-25
Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage
Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
2 Kings 13:4
But Jehoahaz sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.
2 Kings 13:22-23
Hazael the king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Chronicles 33:11-13
So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.
Job 24:12
“From the [populous and crowded] city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out for help;
Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
Isaiah 14:17
Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’
Isaiah 61:1-3
Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me
To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,
To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives
And freedom to prisoners,
Jeremiah 51:32-35
And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized,
And they have set the [great] marshes on fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
Zechariah 9:9-12
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King (Messianic King) is coming to you;
He is righteous and endowed with salvation,
Upon a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Acts 12:6-11
The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison.
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].