Psalms 116:3

In 11 translations

BSB

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

KJV

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.gat…: Heb. found me

WEB

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

LSV

Cords of death have surrounded me, || And straits of Sheol have found me, || I find distress and sorrow.

YLT

Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

DBY

The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

DRC114:3

The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

GNV

When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.

JPS

The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.

LXXE114:3

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֲפָפ֤וּנִי ׀ חֶבְלֵי־מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי צָרָ֖ה וְיָג֣וֹן אֶמְצָֽא׃

LXX-Br114:3

Περιέσχον με ὠδῖνες θανάτου, κίνδυνοι ᾅδου εὕροσάν με· θλίψιν καὶ ὀδύνην εὗρον,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 18:4–6The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His…
• Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
• Psalms 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
• Psalms 88:6–7You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
• Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Jonah 2:2–3saying: “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. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled…
• Mark 14:33–36He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.” Going a little farther,…
• Isaiah 53:3–4He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our…

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