2 Samuel 22:6

In 11 translations

BSB

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

KJV

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;sorrows: or, cords

WEB

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

LSV

The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, || The snares of death have been before me.

YLT

The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

DBY

The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;

DRC

The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

GNV

The sorowes of the graue compassed mee about: the snares of death ouertooke mee.

JPS

The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

LXXE

the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.

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WLC

חֶבְלֵ֥י שְׁא֖וֹל סַבֻּ֑נִי קִדְּמֻ֖נִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃

LXX-Br

Ὠδῖνες θανάτου ἐκύκλωσάν με, προέφθασάν με σκληρότητες θανάτου.

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• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
• Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
• Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
• Psalms 18:5The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
• Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
• Proverbs 14:27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
• Jonah 2:2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
• Job 36:8And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

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