Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. New Living Translation That is why he broke them with hard labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them. English Standard Version So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help. Berean Standard Bible He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. King James Bible Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. New King James Version Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help. New American Standard Bible Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was no one to help. NASB 1995 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. NASB 1977 Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. Legacy Standard Bible So He subdued their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. Amplified Bible Therefore He humbled their heart with hard labor; They stumbled and there was no one to help. Christian Standard Bible He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. Holman Christian Standard Bible He broke their spirits with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. American Standard Version Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help. Contemporary English Version You were worn out from working like slaves, and no one came to help. English Revised Version Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. GOD'S WORD® Translation So he humbled them with hard work. They fell down, but no one was there to help them. Good News Translation They were worn out from hard work; they would fall down, and no one would help. International Standard Version He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper. Majority Standard Bible He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. NET Bible So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up. New Heart English Bible Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. World English Bible Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd He humbles their heart with labor, "" They have been feeble, and there is no helper. Young's Literal Translation And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper. Smith's Literal Translation And he will humble their heart with labor; they were weak, and none helping. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and their was none to help them. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible He humbled their hearts through hardship; they stumbled with no one to help. New Revised Standard Version Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with no one to help. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTherefore he brought down their hearts with labor; they became weak and there was none to help. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He broke their heart with toil and they were sick and there was no helper for them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, They stumbled, and there was none to help-- Brenton Septuagint Translation So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good…11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. 12He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. 13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.… Cross References Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. Lamentations 3:39-42 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins? / Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. / Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: ... Job 15:25-27 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, / rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield. / Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh, Deuteronomy 8:2-3 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. / He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 33:12-13 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. / And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God. Jeremiah 2:19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; / for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights. Isaiah 1:5 Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. Ezekiel 20:37 I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant. Hosea 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” Hebrews 12:5-6 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” James 4:6-10 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” / Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. / Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ... 1 Peter 5:5-6 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” / Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you. Luke 1:51-52 He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. / He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. Acts 9:5 “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied. Treasury of Scripture Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. he brought Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. Exodus 5:18,19 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks… Judges 10:16-18 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel… and there Psalm 18:40,41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me… Psalm 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. Psalm 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. Jump to Previous Bitter Bowed Falling Feeble Fell Grief Hard Heart Hearts Help Helper Humbled Humbleth Labor Stumbled Subjected Travail WeightedJump to Next Bitter Bowed Falling Feeble Fell Grief Hard Heart Hearts Help Helper Humbled Humbleth Labor Stumbled Subjected Travail WeightedPsalm 107 1. The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence4. Over travelers 10. Over captives 17. Over sick men 23. Over sailors 33. And in diverse varieties of life. So He humbled The phrase "So He humbled" indicates a divine action where God actively intervenes in the lives of His people. The Hebrew root for "humbled" is "כָּנַע" (kaná), which means to subdue or bring low. This word is often used in the context of God bringing His people to a place of submission and recognition of their dependence on Him. In the conservative Christian perspective, this humbling is seen as a necessary step for spiritual growth and repentance, reminding believers that God disciplines those He loves (Hebrews 12:6). their hearts with hard labor Fell down.--Better, stumbled. The whole verse presents a picture of men staggering under the forced labour which was the usual fate of captives under the great Oriental monarchies. Verse 12. - Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; rather, with misery, or with sorrow. They fell down; i.e. collapsed - sank to the earth. And there was none to help. They were like Job; no one gave them any help in their affliction.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He humbledוַיַּכְנַ֣ע (way·yaḵ·na‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3665: To bend the knee, to humiliate, vanquish their hearts לִבָּ֑ם (lib·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre with hard labor; בֶּעָמָ֣ל (be·‘ā·māl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind they stumbled, כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ (kā·šə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall and there was no וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle one to help. עֹזֵֽר׃ (‘ō·zêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5826: To surround, protect, aid Links Psalm 107:12 NIVPsalm 107:12 NLT Psalm 107:12 ESV Psalm 107:12 NASB Psalm 107:12 KJV Psalm 107:12 BibleApps.com Psalm 107:12 Biblia Paralela Psalm 107:12 Chinese Bible Psalm 107:12 French Bible Psalm 107:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart (Psalm Ps Psa.) |