32 and (A)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, and (B)all the people who belonged to Korah with all their possessions. 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

32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

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For my (A)soul has [a]had enough troubles,
And (B)my life has approached [b]Sheol.
I am counted among those who (C)go down to the pit;
I have become like a man (D)without strength,
[c]Abandoned (E)among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You no longer remember,
And they are (F)cut off from Your hand.

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  1. Psalm 88:3 Or been satisfied with
  2. Psalm 88:3 I.e., the netherworld
  3. Psalm 88:5 Lit A freed one among the dead

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

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