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King James Version

Psalms 102:20

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Prayer;   Prisoners;   Thankfulness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prisons;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hear, Hearing;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Prison, Prisoners;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Praise;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Progress;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pelican;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ferret;   Groan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holiness;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 24;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
To hear the groaning of the prisoner,To set free those who were doomed to death,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death.
Darby Translation
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;
New King James Version
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,
Literal Translation
to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death,
Easy-to-Read Version
And he will hear the prisoner's prayers. He will free those who were condemned to die.
World English Bible
To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;
King James Version (1611)
To heare the groning of the prisoner: to loose those that are appointed to death:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captiuyte, and delyuer the children of death.
Amplified Bible
To hear the sighing of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
American Standard Version
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
Bible in Basic English
Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;
Update Bible Version
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;
Webster's Bible Translation
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
New English Translation
in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,
Contemporary English Version
He listened to the groans of prisoners, and he rescued everyone who was doomed to die."
Complete Jewish Bible
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven Adonai surveys the earth
Geneva Bible (1587)
That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:
George Lamsa Translation
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to death,
Hebrew Names Version
To hear the groans of the prisoner; To free those who are condemned to death;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
New Living Translation
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.
New Life Bible
to hear the loud cries of those in prison and to set free those who are being sent to death.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;
English Revised Version
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Berean Standard Bible
to hear a prisoner's groaning, to release those condemned to death,
New Revised Standard
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(101-21) That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
Lexham English Bible
to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to liberate those destined to die,
English Standard Version
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
New American Standard Bible
To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
New Century Version
He heard the moans of the prisoners, and he freed those sentenced to die.
Good News Translation
He heard the groans of prisoners and set free those who were condemned to die.
Christian Standard Bible®
to hear a prisoner's groaning, to set free those condemned to die,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For to here the weilingis of feterid men; and for to vnbynde the sones of slayn men.
Young's Literal Translation
To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
Revised Standard Version
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;

Contextual Overview

12 But thou, O Lord , shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord , and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord . 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; 21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

To hear: Psalms 79:11, Psalms 146:7, Exodus 2:23-25, Exodus 3:7, 2 Kings 13:4, 2 Kings 13:22, 2 Kings 13:23, Job 24:12, Isaiah 14:17, Isaiah 61:1-3, Jeremiah 51:34, Jeremiah 51:35, Zechariah 9:9-12

to loose: 2 Chronicles 33:11-13, Jeremiah 51:32-34, Acts 12:6-11

those that are appointed to: Heb. the children of, Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 2:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 2:24 - God heard Deuteronomy 26:7 - looked Deuteronomy 26:15 - Look down 1 Samuel 26:16 - worthy to die Psalms 9:18 - For the Psalms 14:2 - The Lord Psalms 38:9 - groaning Psalms 69:33 - the Lord Psalms 72:12 - For Psalms 107:14 - brake Psalms 147:2 - he Isaiah 42:22 - are hid Isaiah 49:9 - to the Isaiah 63:15 - down Jeremiah 31:18 - surely Lamentations 3:34 - all Lamentations 3:50 - General Ezekiel 34:10 - for I will Luke 4:18 - to preach deliverance Acts 12:17 - declared Acts 16:26 - and every Romans 7:24 - who Romans 8:26 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To hear the groanings of the prisoner,.... Not of a single person only, but of many, who lie in prisons in Popish countries, especially in the Inquisition; where they lie and groan, in darkness and misery, under dreadful tortures; their cries and groans the Lord hears; his heart yearns towards them; he looks with pity on them; and, because of the sighing of these poor and needy ones, he will arise in due time, and set them in safety from him that puffs at them: it is true also of such who are prisoners of sin, Satan, and the law; and, when sensible of it, groan under their bondage, and cry to the Lord for help, who hears them, and directs them, as prisoners of hope, to turn to Christ, their strong hold, Zechariah 9:11,

to loose those that are appointed to death; delivered to death, as the Targum; delivered over to the secular power, in order to be put to death; who are arraigned and condemned as malefactors, and put into the condemned hole, in order for execution; these the Lord will loose, and save them from the death they are appointed to by men; for this is not to be understood of persons appointed by the Lord to death, either corporeal or eternal, from which none can be loosed, so appointed: in the original text the phrase is "children of death" d; the same as "children of wrath", Ephesians 2:3, that is, deserving of death, and under the sentence of it; as all men are in Adam, even the Lord's own people; and who are, in their own apprehension, as dead men, when awakened and convinced of their state by the Spirit of God; these Christ looses from the shackles and fetters of sin, from the bondage of the law, from the tyranny of Satan, and from fears of death, and puts them into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

d בני תמותה "filios mortis", Montanus, Vatablus, Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To hear the groaning of the prisoner - Meaning here, probably, the captives in Babylon; those who were held as prisoners there, and who were subjected to such hardships in their long captivity. See the notes at Psalms 79:11.

To loose those that are appointed to death - Margin, as in Hebrew, “the children of death.” Compare the notes at Matthew 1:1. This may mean either those who were sentenced to death; those who were sick and ready to die; or those who, in their captivity, were in such a state of privation and suffering that death appeared inevitable. The word rendered “loose” means, properly, to “open,” applied to the mouth, for eating, Ezekiel 3:2; or in song, Psalms 78:2; or for speaking, Job 3:1; - or the ear, Isaiah 50:5; or the hand, Deuteronomy 15:8; or the gates of a city, a door, etc., Deuteronomy 20:11. Them it means to set free, as by opening the doors of a prison, Isaiah 14:17; Job 12:14. Here it means to “set free,” to deliver. Compare Isaiah 61:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 102:20. To hear the groaning — By sin, all the inhabitants of the earth are miserable. They have broken the Divine laws, are under the arrest of judgment, and all cast into prison. They have been tried, found guilty, and appointed to die; they groan under their chains, are alarmed at the prospect of death, and implore mercy.


 
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