17 and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.(A)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(B)
    his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold(C) came to pass,
    till the word(D) of the Lord proved him true.

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17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

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17 (A)He sent a man before them—
Joseph—who (B)was sold as a slave.
18 (C)They hurt his feet with fetters,
[a]He was laid in irons.
19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
(D)The word of the Lord tested him.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 105:18 His soul came into iron