2 Samuel 22:6 KJV
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Old Words
- prevented to go before; to come before
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.
- Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
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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
- Praise Celebrating his deliverance from the hand of Saul
- Psalms In celebrating his deliverance
- Song War
- Victories Celebrated in song
Kings of Israel & Judah
- DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1055–1015 BC · David reigns in Israel
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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