Psalms 107:14

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“He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.”

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BSBPD

“He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 107:14 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
  2. Job 10:21before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
  3. Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
  4. Job 15:30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
  5. Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
  6. Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
  7. Job 36:8And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
  8. Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
  9. Psalms 68:6God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
  10. Psalms 102:20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
  11. Psalms 105:19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
  12. Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
  13. Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
  14. Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  15. Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
  16. Isaiah 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
  17. Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  18. Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  19. Jeremiah 52:31On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
  20. Zechariah 9:11As for you,because of the blood of My covenant,I will release your prisonersfrom the waterless pit.
  21. Luke 13:16Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
  22. Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
  23. Acts 5:25Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
  24. Acts 12:7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

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