Job 36:8

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If they are bound in chains and held captive by cords of suffering,

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  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be held fast by the cords of his sin.
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
  • Job 13:27 : 27 You put my feet in shackles and watch all my ways; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
  • Job 19:6 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net.
  • Job 33:18-19 : 18 He keeps his soul back from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword. 19 A person is also chastened with pain on their bed and continual aching in their bones.
  • Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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