Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught 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.
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
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 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.