Psalms 107:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י וּבַרְזֶֽל

Transliteration

yōšᵊbê ḥōšek and-ṣalmāwet ʾăsîrê ʿŏnî and-barzel

Grammar Details

*yōšᵊbê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - dwellers of/those who sit in
*ḥōšek*: noun, masculine singular - darkness
*ṣalmāwet*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed conjunction waw - and shadow of death/deep darkness
*ʾăsîrê*: qal passive participle, masculine plural construct - prisoners of/bound ones of
*ʿŏnî*: noun, masculine singular - affliction/misery
*barzel*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed conjunction waw - and iron

Word Meanings

*yōšᵊbê*: dwellers of/those who sit in/inhabitants of
*ḥōšek*: darkness/obscurity
*ṣalmāwet*: shadow of death/deep darkness/gloom
*ʾăsîrê*: prisoners of/bound ones of
*ʿŏnî*: affliction/misery/poverty/suffering
*barzel*: iron/fetters/chains

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Referenced Verses

Luke 1:79 : 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Rom 6:20-21 : 20 For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. 21 What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Exod 2:23-24 : 23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days, 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. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
2 Chr 33:11 : 11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
Job 36:8-9 : 8 And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; 9 Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
Ps 105:18 : 18 His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in [chains of] iron,
Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isa 42:7 : 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the {H3608} prison-house.
Lam 3:6-7 : 6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. 7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 107:13-19
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13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.
15Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.
Lam 3:6-7
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76%
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
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8And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
Job 10:22
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22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
Ps 107:11
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11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
Ps 105:18
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18His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in [chains of] iron,
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8To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;
Ps 143:3
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3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Ps 107:39
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39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
Isa 8:22
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22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
Job 3:20
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20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
Ps 102:20
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20To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
Job 24:17
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17For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
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1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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Ps 107:9
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9For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
Ps 107:5-6
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71%
5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
Isa 9:2
71%
2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isa 58:10
71%
10and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
Job 5:14
71%
14They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
Matt 4:16
71%
16the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
Ps 79:11
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11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
Job 36:15
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15He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
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Ps 107:26-28
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70%
26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
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11Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.
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16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Ps 44:19
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19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
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