Psalm 18:5 “The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.”

Psalm 18:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

World English Bible

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

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Cross references

“The sorrows, or, cords”

Psalm 86:13 Psalm 88:3–8 Psalm 88:15–17 Acts 2:24

Psalm 86:13 · BSB

For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 88:3–8 · BSB

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Psalm 88:15–17 · BSB

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Acts 2:24 · BSB

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

“snares”

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Ecclesiastes 9:12 · BSB

For 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.

Also

Psalm 116:3

Psalm 116:3 · BSB

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

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

In context

4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

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