'Depths' in the Bible

“The deep [water] covers them;[Clad in armor] they sank into the depths like a stone.

‘For a fire is kindled by My anger,And it burns to the depths of Sheol (the place of the dead, the nether world),It devours the earth with its yield,And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

“You divided the sea before them,So that they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land;You hurled their pursuers into the depths,Like a stone into mighty and raging waters.

“Can you discover the depths of God?Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?

The Lord said, “I will bring your enemies back from Bashan;I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

You who have shown me many troubles and distressesWill revive and renew me again,And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

You have laid me in the lowest pit,In dark places, in the depths.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;And He led them through the depths as through a pasture.

Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.

My frame was not hidden from You,When I was being formed in secret,And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise,That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.

Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!Shout in triumph, you depths of the earth;Break forth into jubilant rejoicing, you mountains,O forest, and every tree in it!For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,And He shows His glory in Israel.

Was it not You who dried up the [Red] Sea,The waters of the great deep,Who made the depths of the sea a pathwayFor the redeemed to cross over?

Who led them through the depths [of the Red Sea],Like a horse in the wilderness, [so that] they did not stumble?

I called on Your name, O Lord,Out of the lowest pit.

‘Now you are shattered by the seasIn the depths of the waters;Your merchandise and all your crewHave gone down with you.

He shall again have compassion on us;He will subdue and tread underfoot our wickedness [destroying sin’s power].Yes, You will cast all our sinsInto the depths of the sea.

“And they will pass through the sea of distress and anxiety [with the Lord leading His people, as at the Red Sea]And He will strike the waves in the sea,So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;And the pride of Assyria will be brought downAnd the scepter [of the taskmasters] of Egypt will pass away.

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out [terribly from the depths of his throat],

Seeing Jesus, he cried out [with a terrible voice from the depths of his throat] and fell down before Him [in dread and terror], and shouted loudly, “What business do we have [in common] with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me [before the appointed time of judgment]!”

But they [loudly] shouted out all together, saying, “Away with this Man, and release Barabbas to us!”

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth?

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you,