New International Version
The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

American Standard Version
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

English Revised Version
The cords of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

King James Bible
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

World English Bible
The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Young's Literal Translation
Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

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