2 Samuel 22:6

American Standard Version (1901)

The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
  • Prov 14:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
  • Jonah 2:2 : 2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
  • Job 36:8 : 8 And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
  • Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

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    4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

    5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

    6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

  • Ps 116:3-4
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    3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

    4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

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    5 For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

  • Jonah 2:2-7
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    2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice.

    3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

    4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

    7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.

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    4 My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

    5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

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    3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

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    10 Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

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    1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David]. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

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    3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

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    6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

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    18 Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.

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    3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

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    5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

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    3 O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

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    10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

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    7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.

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    15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.

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