30 But (A)if the Lord [a]brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with everything that is theirs, and they (B)descend alive into [b]Sheol, then you will know that these men have been disrespectful to the Lord.”

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  1. Numbers 16:30 Lit creates
  2. Numbers 16:30 I.e., the netherworld

33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to [a]Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

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  1. Numbers 16:33 I.e., the netherworld

But those who (A)seek my [a]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [b](B)depths of the earth.

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  1. Psalm 63:9 Lit soul
  2. Psalm 63:9 Lit lowest places

20 then I will bring you down with those who (A)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the (B)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [a]be inhabited; but I will put (C)glory in the land of the living.

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  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Another reading is return

18 “To which among the trees of Eden are you so alike in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the (A)uncircumcised with those who were killed by the sword. (B)This is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”

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24 (A)Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the (B)lower parts of the earth, who inflicted their terror on the (C)land of the living, and (D)bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

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Though they dig into (A)Sheol,
From there My hand will take them;
And though they (B)ascend to heaven,
From there I will bring them down.

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and he said,

“I (A)called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I called for help from the [a]depth of (B)Sheol;
You heard my voice.

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  1. Jonah 2:2 Lit belly

I (A)descended to the base of the mountains.
The earth with its (B)bars was around me forever,
But You have (C)brought up my life from [a]the pit, Lord my God.

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  1. Jonah 2:6 Or corruption

(Now this expression, “He (A)ascended,” what [a]does it mean except that He also [b]had descended into (B)the lower parts of the earth?

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 Lit is it except
  2. Ephesians 4:9 One early ms had first descended

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