KJV King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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Psalm 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
WEB World English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
ASV American Standard Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.
Surrounding context — Psalm 18
2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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Psalm 86:13For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.Psalm 88:3-8For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.Psalm 88:15-17I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.Psalm 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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