Psalm 116:3 “The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I w…”

Psalm 116:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

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Cross references

“sorrows”

Psalm 18:4–6 Luke 22:44 Hebrews 5:7 Mark 14:33–36 Psalm 88:6 Psalm 88:7

Psalm 18:4–6 · BSB

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Luke 22:44 · BSB

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Hebrews 5:7 · BSB

During 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.

Mark 14:33–36 · BSB

He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.

Psalm 88:6 · BSB

You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.

Psalm 88:7 · BSB

Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

“I found”

Psalm 38:6 Psalm 32:3 Psalm 32:4 Isaiah 53:3 Isaiah 53:4

Psalm 38:6 · BSB

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

Psalm 32:3 · BSB

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Psalm 32:4 · BSB

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

Isaiah 53:3 · BSB

He 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.

Isaiah 53:4 · BSB

Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

4Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”

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