Job 36:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,”
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BSBPD
“And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 36:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
- Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
- Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Psalms 18:5The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Lamentations 3:9He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
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