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13 [a]For you have dominion over life and death;(A)
    you lead down to the gates of Hades and lead back.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:13–14 The author recognizes the power of the Lord over life and death, as expressed in 1 Sm 2:6; Tb 13:2. The traditional imagery of Sheol (gates and confinement) colors the passage.