Job 36:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

if, then, they are bound in chains, held in oppressive cords,

Berean Standard Bible:

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And if they be bound{H631} in fetters{H2131}, and be holden{H3920} in cords{H2256} of affliction{H6040};

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 107:10

  • ¶ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;

Proverbs 5:22

  • His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Job 13:27

  • Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

Job 33:18

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

Job 33:19

  • ¶ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong [pain]:

Job 19:6

  • Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

Psalms 116:3

  • The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

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Commentary for Job 36:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H631
    There are 565 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָסַר
    Transliteration: ʼâçar
    Pronunciation: aw-sar'
    Description: a primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle; bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
  2. Strong's Number: H2131
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זִיקָה
    Transliteration: zîyqâh
    Pronunciation: zee-kaw'
    Description: (Isaiah 50: (feminine); and זִק; or זֵק; from זָנַק; properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond; chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
  3. Strong's Number: H3920
    There are 112 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָכַד
    Transliteration: lâkad
    Pronunciation: law-kad'
    Description: a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere; [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
  4. Strong's Number: H2256
    There are 58 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֶבֶל
    Transliteration: chebel
    Pronunciation: kheh'-bel
    Description: or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
  5. Strong's Number: H6040
    There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֳנִי
    Transliteration: ʻŏnîy
    Pronunciation: on-ee'
    Description: from עָנָה; depression, i.e. misery; afflicted(-ion), trouble.