Parallel Verses
King James 2000
The sorrows of sheol surrounded me: the snares of death confronted 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.
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 pains of hades surrounded me: the snares of death anticipated 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 sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of sheol surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Cross References
Psalm 86:13
For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the depths of sheol.
Psalm 88:3-8
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws near unto the grave.
Psalm 88:15-17
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pangs of sheol got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also knows not his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
Acts 2:24
Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it.