Psalm 18:5
New King James Version
5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 18:5
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:5 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 18:5
Amplified Bible
5
The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 66:11-12
New King James Version
11 (A)You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
12 (B)You have caused men to ride over our heads;
(C)We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to [a]rich fulfillment.
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:12 abundance
Psalm 66:11-12
New American Standard Bible
11 You (A)brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon [a]us.
12 You made men (B)ride over our heads;
We went through (C)fire and through water.
Yet You (D)brought us out into a place of abundance.
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:11 Lit our loins
Psalm 66:11-12
Amplified Bible
11
You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on [a]us.
12
You made men (charioteers) [b]ride over our heads [in defeat];
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed].
Footnotes
- Psalm 66:11 Lit upon our loins.
- Psalm 66:12 The ancient rabbis understood this as times of captivity for Israel.
Psalm 88:17
New King James Version
17 They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.
Psalm 88:17
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 88:17
Amplified Bible
17
They have surrounded me like flood waters all day long;
They have completely encompassed me.
Psalm 118:11-13
New King James Version
11 They (A)surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
12 They surrounded me (B)like bees;
They were quenched (C)like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the Lord I will [a]destroy them.
13 You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the Lord helped me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 118:12 cut them off
Psalm 118:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 They (A)surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
12 They surrounded me (B)like bees;
They were extinguished like a (C)fire of thorn bushes;
In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
13 You (D)pushed me violently so that I [a]was falling,
But the Lord (E)helped me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 118:13 Or fell
Psalm 118:11-13
Amplified Bible
11
They encompassed me, yes, they surrounded me [on every side];
In the name of the Lord I will cut them off.
12
They swarmed around me like bees;
They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.(A)
13
You [my enemy] pushed me violently so that I was falling,
But the Lord helped me.
Ephesians 6:16
New King James Version
16 above all, taking (A)the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
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Ephesians 6:16
New American Standard Bible
16 [a]in addition to all, taking up the (A)shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the (B)flaming arrows of (C)the evil one.
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- Ephesians 6:16 Lit in all
Ephesians 6:16
Amplified Bible
16 Above all, lift up the [protective] [a]shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
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- Ephesians 6:16 Here the Greek word refers to the large Roman soldiers’ shield designed to protect the entire body. It had an iron frame and was covered in several layers of leather. When soaked in water before a battle the shield could put out the fiery missiles thrown at them by the enemy.
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