2 Samuel 22:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

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  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
  • Prov 14:27 : 27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
  • Jonah 2:2 : 2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
  • Job 36:8 : 8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,
  • Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

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    4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

    5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

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  • Ps 116:3-4
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    3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

    4 Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.

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    5 For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

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    2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

    3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.

    4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

    5 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

    6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

    7 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

    5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

  • Ps 88:3
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    3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

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    10 For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

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    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

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    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

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    6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

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    3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

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    5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

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    20 See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

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    19 They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.

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    7 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.

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