Job 36:8

What does Job 36:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 36:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

Context

v.7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

v.8This passage

v.9Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 33:18

    He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

  • Job 13:27

    Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

  • Psalms 107:10

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

  • Job 19:6

    Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net.

  • Psalms 116:3

    The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Psalms 18:5

    The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

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