Job 36:8

But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,

Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains

His own iniquities will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins.

You fasten my feet in shackles. You keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.

It is to preserve him from the pit and keep his life from perishing by the sword.

The cords of the grave surrounded me. The snares of death confronted me.

The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.

He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways.

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And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;