American Standard Version
Psalms 105:18
18His feet they hurt with fetters:He was laid inchains ofiron,
Psalms 105:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
- New International Version (NIV)They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
- English Standard Version (ESV)His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron;
- New King James Version (NKJV)They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons.
Context of Psalms 105:18
16And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread. 17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant: His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid inchains ofiron, 19Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him. 20The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
Read all of Psalms 105Psalms 105:18 word by word
עִנּ֣וּ בַכֶּ֣בֶל רַגְל֑וֹ בַּ֝רְזֶ֗ל בָּ֣אָה נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 105:18
- Genesis 39:20And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
- Genesis 40:15for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
- Acts 16:24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
- Psalms 107:10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Commentaries on Psalms 105:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Whose feet they hurt with fetters - In Genesis 40:3; it is said of Joseph that he was “bound” in prison. It is not improbable that his “feet” were bound, as this is the usual way of confining prisoners. He was laid in iron - In the prison. The margin is, “his soul came into iron.” The version in the Prayer-Book of the Episcopal Church is, the iron entered into his soul. This is a more striking and beautiful rendering, though it may be doubted whether the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 Let us remember the Redeemer's marvellous works, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. Though true Christians are few number, strangers and pilgrims upon earth, yet a far better inheritance than Canaan is made sure to them by the covenant of God; and if we have the anointing of the Holy Spirit, none can do us any harm. Afflictions are among our mercies. They prove our faith and love, they humble our pride, they wean us from the world…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-22These verses tell the story of Joseph (see Genesis 37–41).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. Joseph was sent of God (Ge 45:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 105
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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