The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
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The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 116:3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
- Job 36:8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
- Psalms 18:5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
- Psalms 140:5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.
- Proverbs 5:22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
- Proverbs 13:14 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 14:27 The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
- Jonah 2:2 He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
- Acts 2:24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and…
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. See Gill on Psa 18:9.
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sa2 22:11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. See Gill on Psa 18:10.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Bands of Sheol — The dark under-world seemed…
6. Bands of Sheol — The dark under-world seemed to open upon him, and reach out those bands which bind and drag down mortals into its oblivion. Job_14:20-21.
Snares of death — Death, like a hunter, seemed to David to have set snares all along the path where he was to go.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. the sorrows of hell] The word may no…
6. the sorrows of hell] The word may no doubt mean pangs, as it is translated in the Sept. (ὠδῖνες, cp. Act_2:24); but is better explained of the cords or nets of the hunter. Hell is Sheôl (Gr. Hades), the mysterious unseen world, ready to seize and swallow up its victim. See note on 1Sa_2:6.
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