"But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Original word: אָסִיר
Transliteration: asir
Definition (short): prisoners
Definition (full): a bondman, prisoner
Definition: a bondman, prisoner
NASB Translation: prisoner (2), prisoners (10).
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From
'acar ; bound, i.e. A captive -- (those which are) bound, prisoner.
see HEBREW 'acar
KJV:
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
NASB:
So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.
KJV:
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it .
NASB:
The chief jailer committed to Joseph's charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it.
KJV:
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
NASB:
"The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
KJV:
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land .
NASB:
God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
KJV:
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners .
NASB:
For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners.