2 Samuel 22:6
New International Version
The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

New Living Translation
The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.

English Standard Version
the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

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

King James Bible
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

New King James Version
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

New American Standard Bible
The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

NASB 1995
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

NASB 1977
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Legacy Standard Bible
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Amplified Bible
“The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Christian Standard Bible
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The pains of Sheol were around me and the snares of death in front of me!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.

Contemporary English Version
Ropes from the world of the dead had coiled around me, and death had set a trap in my path.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

English Revised Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came upon me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The ropes of the grave had surrounded me. The clutches of death had confronted me.

Good News Translation
The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me.

International Standard Version
Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of Death confronted me.

Literal Standard Version
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, | The snares of death have been before me.

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

New American Bible
The cords of Sheol tightened; the snares of death lay in wait for me.

NET Bible
The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

New Revised Standard Version
the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

New Heart English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

Webster's Bible Translation
The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;

World English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

Young's Literal Translation
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David's Song of Deliverance
5For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. 6The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. 7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.…

Cross References
Luke 21:20
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.


Treasury of Scripture

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

sorrows.

Job 36:8
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Psalm 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

the snares

Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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2 Samuel 22
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The cords
חֶבְלֵ֥י (ḥeḇ·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

of Sheol
שְׁא֖וֹל (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

entangled me;
סַבֻּ֑נִי (sab·bu·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the snares
מֹֽקְשֵׁי־ (mō·qə·šê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4170: A bait or lure, a snare

of death
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

confronted me.
קִדְּמֻ֖נִי (qid·də·mu·nî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 6923: To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet


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