Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

The pains of death surrounded me, and the torrents of Belial made me afraid.

New American Standard Bible

The cords of death encompassed me,
And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.

King James Version

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Holman Bible

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.

International Standard Version

The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.

A Conservative Version

The cords of death encompassed me, and the floods of lawlessness made me afraid.

American Standard Version

The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Amplified


The cords of death surrounded me,
And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.

Bible in Basic English

The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

Darby Translation

The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

King James 2000

The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The ropes of death encircled me, and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.

Modern King James verseion

The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. {TYNDALE: For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.}

NET Bible

The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

New Heart English Bible

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

The Emphasized Bible

The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid;

Webster

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

World English Bible

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Youngs Literal Translation

Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

References

Prayers for Psalm 18:4

Context Readings

Praise For Deliverance

3 Praising, I will call upon Jehovah, and I shall be saved from mine enemies. 4 The pains of death surrounded me, and the torrents of Belial made me afraid. 5 The pains of hades surrounded me: the snares of death anticipated me.

Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The pains of death surrounded me, and the distresses of hades found me: shall find straits and affliction.

2 Samuel 22:5-6

For the breakers of death surrounded me The torrents of Beilal will terrify me;

Psalm 22:12-13

Many bulls surrounded me: the strong of Bashan surrounded me.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs surrounded me: the assembly of those being evil moved round about me: they digged my hands and my feet

Psalm 124:4

Then the waters overflowed us, the torrent passed over our soul:

Isaiah 13:8

And they trembled; pains and writhings will lay hold of them; as she bringing forth they will be in pain: they shall wonder a man at his neighbor; their faces the face of flames.

Isaiah 53:3-4

He was despised and forsaken of men; a man of griefs and knowing affliction: and as hiding the faces from him; he was despised and we regarded him not

Jonah 2:2-7

And he will say, I called out of straits to me to Jehovah, and he will answer me; from the belly of hades I cried for help, thou heardest my voice.

Matthew 26:38-39

Then says he to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch ye with me.

Matthew 26:47

And he yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd, with swords, and sticks, from the chief priests, and the more ancient of the people.

Matthew 26:55

In that hour, Jesus said to the crowds, As against a robber came ye out, with swords and sticks, to take me? In the day I sat down with you, teaching, and ye took not hold of me.

Matthew 27:24-25

And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.

Matthew 27:39-44

And they coming near, blasphemed him, shaking their heads,

Mark 14:33-34

And he takes Peter and James and John with himself, and began to be amazed, and to be dejected.

Acts 21:30

And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people: and having taken up Paul, they drew him out of the temple: and quickly the doors were shut.

2 Corinthians 1:9

And we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have trusted in ourselves, but in God raising the dead:

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