Parallel Verses
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.}
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 surrounded me. The torrents of wickedness frightened me.
5
The snares of death confronted me.
Cross References
Psalm 86:13
Your loving kindness toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of the grave.
Psalm 88:3-8
I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.
Psalm 88:15-17
Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
Acts 2:24
God resurrected him, loosing the pains of death. This is because it was not possible that he should be held fast by it.