2 Samuel 22:6 KJV

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Old Words

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

  • David's psalm of thanksgivingThis chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as Ps 18. They that trust God in the way of duty, shall find him a present help in their...

Cross References

  • Psalms 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Job 36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
  • Psalms 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
  • Psalms 140:5 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.
  • Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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Topics

  • David David as poet
  • Epic David’s war song
  • God Glory of
  • Hades 2. The realm (state) of the dead
  • Hell In the R. V. the word “Sheol” itself occurs in the following scriptures

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

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Strong’s Numbers

  • The sorrows חֶבֶל chebel
  • of hell שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
  • compassed me about סָבַב çâbab
  • the snares מוֹקֵשׁ môwqêsh
  • of death מָוֶת mâveth
  • prevented קָדַם qâdam

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