tent pegs for the tabernacle and tent pegs for the courtyard and their ropes;

But if they are bound in chains, ¹  and held captive by the cords of affliction,

You are to attach to it a blue cord so that it will be ¹  on the turban; it is to be ²  on the front of the turban,

and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

and the pillars of the courtyard all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their ropes.

The Lord is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked.” ¹ 

The ropes of Sheol ¹  tightened around me; ²  the snares of death trapped me. ³ 

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, ¹  the snares of death trapped me. ² 

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, ¹  who pull sin as with cart ropes. ² 

They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

The waves ¹  of death engulfed me, the currents ²  of chaos ³  overwhelmed me. ⁴ 

“You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

The wicked ¹  will be captured by his ²  own iniquities, ³  and he will be held ⁴  by the cords of his own sin. ⁵ 

They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise.

Can you tie the bands ¹  of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion?

They say, ¹  “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! ²  Let’s free ourselves from ³  their ropes!”

Although an assailant may overpower ¹  one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, ¹  or the water wheel ²  is broken at the cistern –