Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped 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.
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.}
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 waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me. 5 The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me. 6 In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
Cross References
Psalm 86:13
For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
Psalm 88:3-8
For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
Psalm 88:15-17
I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.
Acts 2:24
But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.