Psalms 107:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

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  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
  • Jer 52:31-34 : 31 And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year after he became king, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison. 32 And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life. 34 And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day till the day of his death, for the rest of his life.
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water. 12 And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
  • Luke 13:16 : 16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,
  • Acts 5:25 : 25 And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.
  • Acts 12:7-9 : 7 And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands. 8 Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me. 9 And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision. 10 And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.
  • Acts 16:26-40 : 26 And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off. 27 And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away. 28 But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here. 29 And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas, 30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation? 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. 32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. 34 And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family. 35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go. 36 And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace. 37 But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out. 38 And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans; 39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town. 40 And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
  • Job 19:8 : 8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.
  • Job 36:8 : 8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,
  • Job 42:10-12 : 10 And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much. 11 And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring. 12 And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
  • Ps 68:6 : 6 Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
  • Ps 102:20 : 20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
  • Ps 105:19-20 : 19 Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord. 20 The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you. 2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you. 3 And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black, 22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.
  • Job 15:22 : 22 He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
  • Job 15:30 : 30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

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  • Ps 107:10-13
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    10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

    11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

    12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

    13 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 107:15-16
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    15 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

    16 The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

  • Ps 107:28
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    28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 107:19-21
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    19 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

    20 He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.

    21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

  • Ps 107:6-8
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    6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

    7 Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

    8 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

  • Ps 106:9-10
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    9 By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

    10 And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.

  • Isa 42:7
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    7 To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

  • Lam 3:2
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    2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

  • Job 12:22
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    22 Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

  • Ps 78:14
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    14 In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

  • Ps 105:43
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    43 And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries:

  • Ps 136:11
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    11 And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

  • Ps 107:30-31
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    30 Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire.

    31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

  • Ps 105:28
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    28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
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    17 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • Ps 40:2
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    2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

  • Ps 18:16
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    16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • Ps 107:2-3
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    2 Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;

    3 Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

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    13 And now I will let his yoke be broken off you, and your chains be parted.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

  • Col 1:13
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    13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

  • Ps 149:8
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    8 To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;

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    15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

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    13 In your mercy you went before the people whom you have made yours; guiding them in your strength to your holy place.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2 The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

  • Ps 2:3
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    3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

  • Isa 49:9
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    9 Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.

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    16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

  • Ps 44:19
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    19 Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

  • Jer 13:16
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    16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • Job 36:8
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    8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

  • Ps 102:20
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    20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

  • Ps 78:53
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    53 He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but their haters were covered by the sea.

  • Ps 107:26
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    26 The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

  • 2 Sam 22:20
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    20 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • Job 5:14
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    14 In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

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    4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

  • Job 10:22
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    22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

  • Job 36:15
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    15 He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.