Psalms 105:18

105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: he: Heb. his soul came into iron

KJV

They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

What does Psalms 105:18 mean?

Psalms 105:18 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רֶגֶל (regel), עָנָה (ʻânâh), כֶּבֶל (kebel).

Hebrew interlinear

Whose

feetרֶגֶלregel/reh'-gel/H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

they

hurtעָנָהʻânâh/aw-naw'/H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

with

fetters:כֶּבֶלkebel/keh'-bel/H3525a fetter

heנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

was

laidבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

iron:בַּרְזֶלbarzel/bar-zel'/H1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

he:

Heb.

his

soul

came

into

iron

Topics

Afflicted Saints Predestination Prisons Punishments

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:18.

Genesis 12:5

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 105:18 say?

Psalms 105:18 (King James Version) reads: "Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: he: Heb. his soul came into iron"

Is Psalms 105:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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