Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
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 ropes of Sheol entangled me;
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.

Darby Translation

The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of hell
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

the snares
מקשׁ מוקשׁ 
Mowqesh 
Usage: 27

of death
מות 
Maveth 
Usage: 156

קדם 
Qadam 
Usage: 26

Context Readings

The Victory Song Of David

5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of Belial made me afraid; 6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
7 in my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God, who heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.

Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.

Job 36:8

And if they were bound in fetters and captive in cords of affliction,

Psalm 18:5

The pain of Sheol compassed me about: the snares of death came before me.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hid a snare for me and cords; they have spread a net; on the path they have set snares for me. Selah.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Jonah 2:2

and said, I cried by reason of my tribulation unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.

Acts 2:24

whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

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