Parallel Verses

King James Version

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

New American Standard Bible

To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,

Holman Bible

to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
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;

Amplified


To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed 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,

Verse Info

Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;


Cross References

Psalm 79:11

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Psalm 146:7

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

Exodus 2:23-25

And 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.

Exodus 3:7

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

2 Kings 13:4

And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

2 Kings 13:22-23

But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

2 Chronicles 33:11-13

Wherefore 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.

Job 24:12

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Isaiah 14:17

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Jeremiah 51:32-35

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

Zechariah 9:9-12

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Acts 12:6-11

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

Ephesians 2:2-3

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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