Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;
New American Standard Bible
The snares of death confronted me.
King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Holman Bible
the snares of death confronted me.
International Standard Version
Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.
A Conservative Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me.
American Standard Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Amplified
“The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Bible in Basic English
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Julia Smith Translation
The pangs of hades surrounded me; The snares of death anticipated me;
King James 2000
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;
Lexham Expanded Bible
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Modern King James verseion
The sorrows of hell hemmed me in. The snares of death went in front of me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The cords of hell have compassed me about, and the snares of death have overtaken me.
NET Bible
The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.
New Heart English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
The Emphasized Bible
the meshes of hades, had surrounded me, - the snares of death had confronted me,
Webster
The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;
World English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
Youngs Literal Translation
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.
Interlinear
Chebel
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
5 For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. 6 The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me; 7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And I cried to my God; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came into his ears.
Cross References
Psalm 116:3
The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
Job 36:8
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
Psalm 18:5
The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Jonah 2:2
and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
Acts 2:24
Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;