Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
‖The sorrowes of hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, coards.
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- Psalms 86:13Rank 1 from verse 5
- Psalms 88:15–17Rank 3 from verse 5
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
15I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.
17‖They came round about mee daily like water: they compassed mee about together.
- Psalms 88:3–8Rank 4 from verse 5
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
3For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.
4I am counted with them that go downe into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength.
5‖Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in darkenesse, in the deepes.
7Thy wrath lieth hard vpon me: and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waues. Selah.
8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from mee: thou hast made me an abomination vnto them: I am shut vp, and I cannot come forth.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12Rank 5 from verse 5
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
12*For man also knoweth not his time, as the fishes that are taken in an euil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sonnes of men snared in an euill time, when it falleth suddenly vpon them.
- Psalms 116:3Rank 6 from verse 5
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Psalms 18:5
Griefs, pains, afflictions, or causes of distress.
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Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.
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Sense 1: Devices or stratagems used to catch or entangle. Sense 2: Figuratively, causes of danger, sin, or ruin.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prevent, meaning to go or come before; to anticipate.
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4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
4*†The sorrowes of death compassed me, and the floods of vngodly men made me afraid.
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
5‖The sorrowes of hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me.
Selected passage6In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
6In my distresse I called vpon the LORD, and cryed vnto my God: hee heard my voyce out of his temple, and my crie came before him, euen into his eares.