psalms 149:8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron

Psalms 149:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— To bind their kings with chains And their nobles with fetters of iron,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— To bind their king's with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— To bind their kings with fetters, and their honoured ones with iron bands:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— To binde their Kings in chaines, and their nobles with fetters of yron,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— To binde their Kings with chaines: and their Nobles with fetters of yron.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— To bind their kings with fetters and their nobles with chains of iron.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

To bind 631

{0631} Prime
אָסַר
'acar
{aw-sar'}

A primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy to fasten in any sense, to join battle.

z8800

<8800> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888

their kings 4428

{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}

From H4427; a king.

with chains, 2131

{2131} Prime
זִיקָה
ziyqah
{zee-kaw'}

From H2187; properly what leaps forth, that is, flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond.

and their nobles 3513

{3513} Prime
כָּבַד
kabad
{kaw-bad'}

A primitive root; to be heavy, that is, in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively to make weighty (in the same two senses).

z8737

<8737> Grammar

Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 793

with fetters 3525

{3525} Prime
כֶּבֶל
kebel
{keh'-bel}

From an unused root meaning to twine or braid together; a fetter.

of iron; 1270

{1270} Prime
בַּרְזֶל
barzel
{bar-zel'}

Perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension an iron implement.

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See commentary on Psalms 149:6-9.

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Psalms 149:8

To bind ^(f) their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

^(f) Not only the people, but the kings who were their enemies should be destroyed.

Joshua 10:23-24 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, [and] the king of Eglon. ... And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

Joshua 12:7 And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions;

Judges 1:6-7 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. ... And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

Jsh 10:23; 12:7. Jg 1:6.