:TEXT: "committed [them] to chains of gloom to be kept"
: p72 K P Psi 33 104 614 630 945 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect some lat vg syr(ph,h) cop(north)
: KJV ASVn NIVn NEBn TEV
RANK: DNOTES: "committed [them] to caverns of gloom to be kept"
: S \ one lat cop(south)
: ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: There are only two letters' difference between "chains" and "caverns" in Greek, and the evidence in braces misspells "caverns" in such a way that there is only one letter's difference between them. Since "cavern" was a common word in Egypt, which is the source of most of the manuscripts that read it, it is likely a misreading of "chains." The use of "imprisonment" in the parallel passage of Jud 1:6 would also argue for the originality of "chains."