Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"If they're bound in chains, caught in ropes of affliction,
New American Standard Bible
And are caught in the cords of
King James Version
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Holman Bible
and trapped by the cords of affliction,
A Conservative Version
And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions,
American Standard Version
And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
Amplified
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Bible in Basic English
And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,
Darby Translation
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
Julia Smith Translation
And they being bound in fetters shall be taken in the cords of affliction.
King James 2000
And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And if [they] are tied up with fetters, [if] they are caught in [the] cords of misery,
Modern King James verseion
And if they are bound in chains, and are held in cords of affliction,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But if they be laid in prison and chains, or bound with the bonds of poverty:
NET Bible
But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,
New Heart English Bible
If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
The Emphasized Bible
But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
Webster
And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;
World English Bible
If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
Youngs Literal Translation
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » In convincing us of sin
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Token in mourning
Hearing » The lord opening ears
Prosperity » Who shall prosper
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
7 He won't stop looking at righteous people; he seats them on thrones with kings forever, and they are exalted. 8 "If they're bound in chains, caught in ropes of affliction, 9 he'll reveal their actions to them, when their transgressions have become excessive.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 107:10
Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Job 13:27
You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk.
Job 19:6
then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."
Job 33:18-19
sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.
Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
Lamentations 3:9
He impeded my way with blocks of stone, making my paths uneven.