Psalms 18:5

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 came on 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

Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, || Snares of death have been before me.

YLT

Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

DBY

The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.

DRC17:6

The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.

GNV

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

JPS18:6

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

LXXE17:6

The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

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Original-language editions

WLC18:6

חֶבְלֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל סְבָב֑וּנִי קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִי מ֣וֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃KJV:Ps.18.5

LXX-Br17:6

Ὠδῖνες ᾅδου περιεκύκλωσάν με, προέφθασάν με παγίδες θανάτου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
• 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 88:15–17From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every…
• Psalms 88:3–8For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave,…
• Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

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