The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
Parallel translations
- KJV The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
- BSB The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- NKJV The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
- NASB The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
- NLT The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.
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- Ps 116:3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
- Prov 13:14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
- Jonah 2:2He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
- Acts 2:24whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
- Prov 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
- Job 36:8If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
- Prov 14:27The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
- Ps 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
- Ps 18:5The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
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