8 But if people are bound in chains,

held fast by cords of affliction,

9 he tells them what they have done—

that they have sinned arrogantly.

10 He makes them listen to correction

and commands them to repent of their evil.

8 And if they be bound in fetters,

And be holden in cords of affliction;

9 Then he sheweth them their work,

And their transgressions that they have exceeded.

10 He openeth also their ear to discipline,

And commandeth that they return from iniquity.

8 If they are bound in chains

and caught up in a web of trouble,

9 he shows them the reason.

He shows them their sins of pride.

10 He gets their attention

and commands that they turn from evil.

8 And if they are bound in fetters,

Held in the cords of affliction,

9 Then He tells them their work and their transgressions—

That they have acted defiantly.

10 He also opens their ear to instruction,

And commands that they turn from iniquity.

8 If people are bound in chains,

or if trouble, like ropes, ties them up,

9 God tells them what they have done,

that they have sinned in their pride.

10 God makes them listen to his warning

and commands them to change from doing evil.

8 And if they be bound in fetters,

And be taken in the cords of afflictions;

9 Then he showeth them their work,

And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

10 He openeth also their ear to instruction,

And commandeth that they return from iniquity.

8 And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction, 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased. 10 And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

8 However, if righteous people are bound in chains 

and tangled in ropes of misery, 

9 he tells them what they’ve done wrong 

and that they’ve behaved arrogantly. 

10 He makes them listen to his warning 

and orders them to turn away from wrong. 

8 If people are bound with chains

and trapped by the cords of affliction,

9 God tells them what they have done

and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

10 He opens their ears to correction

and insists they repent from iniquity.

8 And if they are bound in fetters

and caught in the cords of affliction,

9 then he declares to them their work

and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.

10 He opens their ears to instruction,

and commands that they return from iniquity.

8 “And if they are tied up with fetters,

if they are caught in the cords of misery,

9 then he declares their work to them,

and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.

10 So he opens their ear to the discipline,

and he commands that they return from mischief.

8 But some people are held by chains.

They are tied up with painful ropes.

9 God tells them what they’ve done.

He tells them they’ve become proud and sinned against him.

10 He makes them listen when he corrects them.

He commands them to turn away

from the evil things they’ve done.

8 “And if they are bound in fetters,

And are caught in the cords of affliction,

9 Then He declares to them their work

And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.

10 “He opens their ear to instruction,

And commands that they return from evil.