15 Let death steal over them;
    let them go down to Sheol (A)alive;
    for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

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15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(A)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(B)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

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13 (A)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have (B)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

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13 For great is your love toward me;
    you have delivered me(A) from the depths,
    from the realm of the dead.(B)

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For my soul is full of troubles,
    and (A)my life draws near to (B)Sheol.

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I am overwhelmed with troubles(A)
    and my life draws near to death.(B)

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48 (A)What man can live and never (B)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of (C)Sheol? Selah

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48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(A)

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(A)The snares of death encompassed me;
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
    I suffered distress and anguish.

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The cords of death(A) entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

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(A)If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    (B)If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

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If I go up to the heavens,(A) you are there;
    if I make my bed(B) in the depths, you are there.

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As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
    so shall our bones (A)be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain

They will say, “As one plows(A) and breaks up the earth,(B)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth(C) of the grave.”

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12 like Sheol let us (A)swallow them alive,
    and whole, like (B)those who go down to the pit;

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12 let’s swallow(A) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;(B)

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Her feet (A)go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to[a] Sheol;

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  1. Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of

Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.(A)

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27 Her house is (A)the way to Sheol,
    going down to the chambers of death.

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27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
    leading down to the chambers of death.(A)

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18 But he does not know (A)that the dead[a] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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  1. Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim

18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.(A)

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11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
    how much more (A)the hearts of the children of man!

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11 Death and Destruction[a] lie open before the Lord(A)
    how much more do human hearts!(B)

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  1. Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

24 The path of life leads upward (A)for the prudent,
    that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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