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2 Samuel 22:6
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
2 Samuel 22:6 · Bible in Basic English
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2 Samuel 22:6 in other translations
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
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In context
3 My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
4 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
5 For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
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.
8 Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
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