Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on 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
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted 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 (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Darby Translation
The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
Julia Smith Translation
The pains 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 surrounded me; [the] snares of death confronted me.
Modern King James verseion
The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The pains of hell came about me; the snares of death overtook me. {TYNDALE: 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 came on 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 came on me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear. 5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me. 6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
Cross References
Psalm 88:3-8
For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
Psalm 88:15-17
I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.
Psalm 116:3
The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
Acts 2:24
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.