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Psalms 107:14

107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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

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

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

107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

What does Psalms 107:14 mean?

Psalms 107:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָצָא (yâtsâʼ), חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek), צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth).

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He
brought
them
outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of
darknessחֹשֶׁךְchôshek/kho-shek'/H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
and
the
shadow
of
death,צַלְמָוֶתtsalmâveth/tsal-maw'-veth/H6757shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
and
brakeנָתַקnâthaq/naw-thak'/H5423to tear off
their
bandsמוֹסֵרmôwçêr/mo-sare'/H4147properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint
in
sunder.נָתַקnâthaq/naw-thak'/H5423to tear off

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:14.

Jeremiah 2:20

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. transgress: or, serve

Jeremiah 30:8

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

Jeremiah 5:5

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Job 10:21

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 12:22

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 28:3

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. stain: or, challenge let the: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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What does Psalms 107:14 say?

Psalms 107:14 (King James Version) reads: "He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder."

Is Psalms 107:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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