Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

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.

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
The sorrows
חבל חבל 
Chebel 
Usage: 62

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 For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 6 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me. 7 In my distress I called on the LORD. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.


Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

Job 36:8

If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

Psalm 18:5

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

Proverbs 5:22

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

Jonah 2:2

He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

Acts 2:24

whom God raised up, having freed him from the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

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