Tell them to put Micaiah in prison. Give him only bread and water to eat. Keep him there until I come home from the fight.”
Acts 16:24 - Easy To Read Version The jailer heard this special order. So he put Paul and Silas far inside the jail. He tied their feet between large blocks of wood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He, having received [so strict a] charge, put them into the inner prison (the dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks. American Standard Version (1901) who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Common English Bible When he received these instructions, he threw them into the innermost cell and secured their feet in stocks. Catholic Public Domain Version And since he had received this kind of order, he cast them into the interior prison cell, and he restricted their feet with stocks. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. |
Tell them to put Micaiah in prison. Give him only bread and water to eat. Keep him there until I come home from the fight.”
Asa was angry with Hanani because of what he said. Asa was so mad that he put Hanani in prison. Asa was very mean and rough with some of the people at that same time.
You have put chains on my feet.\par You watch every step I take.\par You watch every move I make.\par
They tied a rope around Joseph’s feet.\par They put an iron ring around his neck.\par
Shemaiah, this is what you said in your letter to Zephaniah: ‘Zephaniah, the Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. You are to be in charge of the Lord’s temple. You should arrest anyone that acts like a crazy person {\cf2\super [228]} and acts like a prophet. You should put that person’s feet between large blocks of wood and put neck-irons {\cf2\super [229]} on him.
If they say this to you, then tell them, ‘I was begging the king not to send me back to the cell in the dungeon {\cf2\super [330]} under Jonathan’s house. If I were to go back there, I would die.’”
So those officials took Jeremiah and put him into Malkijah’s cistern. {\cf2\super [324]} (Malkijah was the king’s son.) That cistern was in the temple yard where the king’s guard stayed. Those officials used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. The cistern didn’t have any water in it, but only mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.