Psalm 116:3
English Standard Version
3 (A)The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Psalm 38:6
English Standard Version
Psalm 18:4-6
English Standard Version
4 (A)The cords of death encompassed me;
(B)the torrents of destruction assailed me;[a]
5 (C)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 (D)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his (E)temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me
Psalm 32:3-4
English Standard Version
3 For when I kept silent, my (A)bones wasted away
through my (B)groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your (C)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed
Hebrews 5:7
English Standard Version
7 In the days of his flesh, (A)Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with loud cries and tears, to him (C)who was able to save him from death, and (D)he was heard because of his reverence.
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- Hebrews 5:7 Greek he
Luke 22:44
English Standard Version
44 And (A)being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[a]
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- Luke 22:44 Some manuscripts omit verses 43 and 44
Mark 14:33-36
English Standard Version
33 And he took with him (A)Peter and James and John, and began (B)to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said to them, (C)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and (D)watch.”[a] 35 And going a little farther, he fell on the ground (E)and prayed that, if it were possible, (F)the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, (G)“Abba, Father, (H)all things are possible for you. Remove (I)this cup from me. (J)Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
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- Mark 14:34 Or keep awake; also verses 37, 38
Jonah 2:2-3
English Standard Version
2 saying,
(A)“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
(B)out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
(C)and you heard my voice.
3 (D)For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
(E)all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
Isaiah 53:3-4
English Standard Version
3 (A)He was despised and rejected[a] by men,
a man of sorrows[b] and acquainted with[c] grief;[d]
and as one from whom men hide their faces[e]
he was despised, and (B)we esteemed him not.
4 (C)Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
(D)smitten by God, and afflicted.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
- Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
- Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
- Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
- Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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